thrombus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from New Latin thrombus, from the Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos, “lump, piece, blood clot, milk curd”); compare thrombo-.
Noun[edit]
thrombus (plural thrombi)
- (hematology, pathology) A blood clot formed from platelets and other elements that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.
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Translations[edit]
blood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
thrombus m (plural thrombus)
Further reading[edit]
- “thrombus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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