streptokinase

1. 1.

   an enzyme produced by some strains of streptococcus that can liquefy blood clots by converting plasminogen to plasmin; used medicinally in some cases of myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism

   Broaderenzyme

Other forms of streptokinase

plural

streptokinases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about streptokinase

What does streptokinase mean?

streptokinase means "an enzyme produced by some strains of streptococcus that can liquefy blood clots by converting plasminogen to plasmin; used medicinally in some cases of myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism".

How many syllables are in streptokinase?

streptokinase has 4 syllables: strep-to-ki-nase. The stress falls on "ki". In IPA it is /ˌstɹɛptəˈkaɪˌneɪs/.

Is streptokinase a common word?

streptokinase is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.