thrombus
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin thrombus, from the Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos, “lump, piece, blood clot, milk curd”); compare thrombo-.
Noun edit
thrombus (plural thrombi)
- (hematology, pathology) A blood clot formed from platelets and other elements that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.
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Translations edit
blood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
thrombus m (plural thrombus)
Further reading edit
- “thrombus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.