Hypercoagulopathy

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Noun
  1. 1
    A disease characterised by an increased tendency of the blood to form clots

    "In the setting of PVE, precipitating factors of venous thrombosis include injury to the portal venous wall, reduced portal flow, portal hypertension, hypercoagulopathy, inflammatory process, malignancy, pregnancy, oral contraceptive use, and asplenia ( 13 )."

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"In the setting of PVE, precipitating factors of venous thrombosis include injury to the portal venous wall, reduced portal flow, portal hypertension, hypercoagulopathy, inflammatory process, malignancy, pregnancy, oral contraceptive use, and asplenia ( 13 )."

Etymology

From hyper- + coagulopathy.

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