Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun urokinase

1 sense of urokinase

Sense 1
plasminogen activator, urokinase -- (protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis)
       => protease, peptidase, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme -- (any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis)