Thrombosis

//θɹɒmˈbəʊsɪs// noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation. countable, uncountable

    "The cure for thrombosis at the heart of London was to start work quickly on the new Victoria line. A high-level decision to proceed with this railway was urgently awaited"

  2. 2
    the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel wordnet

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Example

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"Travellers on long-distance flights can suffer from deep vein thrombosis."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θρόμβωσις (thrómbōsis, “curdling, clotting”). By surface analysis, thrombus + -osis.

Related phrases

coronary thrombosisdeep vein thrombosisblood vessel

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