thrombolytic etymology

English word thrombolytic comes from English -lytic, English balanephagous ((rare) Acorn-eating.), English thromb- ((chiefly, pathology, and, chemistry) thrombus.)

Detailed word origin of thrombolytic

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-lytic English (eng) Used in adjectives relating to nouns with the suffix -lysis.
balanephagous English (eng) (rare) Acorn-eating.
thromb- English (eng) (chiefly, pathology, and, chemistry) thrombus.
thrombolytic English (eng) Of, pertaining to, or causing thrombolysis. Any drug that causes thrombolysis.

Words with the same origin as thrombolytic

Descendants of -lytic
adipolytic adrenolytic amidolytic biolytic cerumenolytic erythrolytic exolytic gelatinolytic glycogenolytic glycogenolytically glycolytic haemolytic homolytic karyolytic keratinolytic ligninolytic oncolytic photolytic photolytically psycholytic saccharolytic thiolytic urealytic zymolytic
Descendants of balanephagous
balanophagous
Descendants of thromb-
prothrombogenic thrombasthenia thrombectomy thrombendarteriectomy thromboaspiration thrombocyte thrombocytopenic thrombocytosis thrombodynamics thromboelastography thromboembolism thromboendoarterioectomy thrombogenic thrombogenicity thrombolysis thrombopenia thrombophilia thrombophlebitic thrombophylactic thromboplastic thromboprophylaxis thromboxane