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thrombosis

throm·bo·sis

UK/θɹɒmˈbəʊsɪs/ US/θɹɑmˈboʊsɪs/ rare

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1.

the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel

Origin

From Ancient Greek θρόμβωσις (thrómbōsis, “curdling, clotting”). By surface analysis, thrombus + -osis.

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