thrombosis

noun

throm·​bo·​sis thräm-ˈbō-səs How to pronounce thrombosis (audio)
thrəm-
plural thromboses thräm-ˈbō-ˌsēz How to pronounce thrombosis (audio)
thrəm-
: the formation or presence of a blood clot within a blood vessel
thrombotic adjective

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Diseases covered by the legislation include myocarditis, pericarditis, thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome, Gullian-Barre Syndrome, and other diseases that the secretary of education determines are associated with a COVID-19 vaccine. Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Oct. 2024 Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT as it’s known, occurs when blood clots in one or more veins. Sonia Heng, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024 Most often, the blood clot forms in a deep vein in the leg (deep vein thrombosis, or DVT) before breaking off and moving through the bloodstream to the lungs. Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024 The vascular surgeon who calls at 11:45 p.m. says, after reading her father’s most recent CT angiogram, that the diffuse colitis was likely caused by mesenteric ischemia, which was caused by a thrombosis of the false lumen of an SMA dissection. Weike Wang, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for thrombosis 

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek thrombōsis clotting, from thrombousthai to become clotted, from thrombos clot

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of thrombosis was in 1857

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“Thrombosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrombosis. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

thrombosis

noun
throm·​bo·​sis thräm-ˈbō-səs How to pronounce thrombosis (audio)
plural thromboses -ˈbō-ˌsēz How to pronounce thrombosis (audio)
: the formation or presence of a blood clot within a blood vessel

Medical Definition

thrombosis

noun
throm·​bo·​sis thräm-ˈbō-səs, thrəm- How to pronounce thrombosis (audio)
plural thromboses -ˌsēz How to pronounce thrombosis (audio)
: the formation or presence of a blood clot within a blood vessel see coronary thrombosis, deep vein thrombosis

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