thrombosis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek θρόμβωσις (thrómbōsis, “curdling, clotting”). By surface analysis, thrombus + -osis.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θɹɒmˈbəʊsɪs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /θɹɑmˈboʊsɪs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊsɪs
- Hyphenation: throm‧bo‧sis
Noun[edit]
thrombosis (countable and uncountable, plural thromboses)
- (pathology) The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.
- 1962 August, “Talking of Trains: Metropolitan modernisation completed”, in Modern Railways, page 87:
- 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
- 2018, Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History, →ISBN, page 37:
- Blood-clotting platelets had surged like minnows to the site of injury, clumping together to form a thrombosis that blocked the artery, causing a heart attack and tissue death.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
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