thromboembolism

noun

throm·​bo·​em·​bo·​lism ˌthräm-bō-ˈem-bə-ˌli-zəm How to pronounce thromboembolism (audio)
: the blocking of a blood vessel by a particle that has broken away from a blood clot at its site of formation
thromboembolic adjective

Examples of thromboembolism in a Sentence

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The cause was pulmonary thromboembolism, his brother, Kevin Benjamin, said. Alex Williams, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024 For seven other cases, the cause of death was a condition known as pulmonary venous thromboembolism, which is a sudden blockage in a lung artery. Alex Sundby, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024 Together, a deep vein clot and a pulmonary embolism are known as venous thromboembolism (VTE). Sadia Rafiquddin, STAT, 31 Aug. 2023 The Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner announced last week that Lewis died of pulmonary thromboembolism — a blood clot in the lungs. Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023 According to the study, 15 diseases account for about half the misdiagnoses, and five diseases alone — stroke, sepsis, pneumonia, venous thromboembolism, and lung cancer — caused 300,000 serious harms, or almost 40% of the total, because clinicians failed to identify them in patients. Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 21 July 2023 Such individuals were at a nearly 28 times greater risk for venous thromboembolism, a nearly 22 times greater risk for heart failure, and a nearly 18 times greater risk for stroke, when compared to peers who hadn’t experienced COVID. Erin Prater, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2022 On June 21, the FDA approved Pradaxa, a blood thinner designed to treat venous thromboembolism in children between the ages of three and 12. Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021 Venous thromboembolism refers to any blood clots that start in a vein, according to the American Heart Association. Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of thromboembolism was in 1895

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Medical Definition

thromboembolism

noun
throm·​bo·​em·​bo·​lism ˌthräm-bō-ˈem-bə-ˌliz-əm How to pronounce thromboembolism (audio)
: the blocking of a blood vessel by a particle that has broken away from a blood clot at its site of formation

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