thrombosis
noun/θrɒmˈbəʊsɪs/
/θrɑːmˈbəʊsɪs/
[countable, uncountable] (plural thromboses
(medical)/θrɒmˈbəʊsiːz/
/θrɑːmˈbəʊsiːz/
)- 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 problemsc2Word Originearly 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek thrombōsis ‘curdling’, from thrombos ‘blood clot’.
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