Medical Dictionary

staphylokinase

noun staph·y·lo·ki·nase \-ˈkī-ˌnās, -ˌnāz\

Medical Definition of STAPHYLOKINASE

:  a protease from some pathogenic staphylococci that converts plasminogen to plasmin but does not activate the plasminogen of the ox as urokinase does

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