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Definition of thrombosis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

thrombosis

noun
 
/θrɒmˈbəʊsɪs/
 
/θrɑːmˈbəʊsɪs/
[countable, uncountable]
(plural thromboses
 
/θrɒmˈbəʊsiːz/
 
/θrɑːmˈbəʊsiːz/
)
(medical)
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  1. a serious condition caused by a blood clot (= a thick mass of blood) forming in a blood vessel (= tube) or in the heart see also coronary thrombosis, deep vein thrombosisTopics Health problemsc2
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek thrombōsis ‘curdling’, from thrombos ‘blood clot’.
See thrombosis in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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