thrombosis

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: throm=bo=sis

CIDE DICTIONARY

thrombosis, n. [NL. See Thrombus.].

 The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

thrombosis, n. (pl. thromboses) the coagulation of the blood in a blood-vessel or organ.

Derivative

thrombotic adj.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk thrombosis curdling (as THROMBUS)

THESAURUS

thrombosis

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