: a proteolytic enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots
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Another recent study in the journal Physiological Reviews noted that people with already high levels of plasmin, a key enzyme that breaks down blood clots, tend to have more severe COVID-19 infection.—Dennis Thompson, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2020
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