thrombus

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Etymology

From the Modern Latin thrombus, from the Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrombos, “lump”, “piece”, “blood clot”, “milk curd”); compare thrombo-.

Noun

thrombus (plural thrombi)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• blood clot

Derived terms

• thrombectomy
• thrombocyte
• thrombose
• thrombosis

Translations

blood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis

• Arabic: خثرة (ar) (xúṯra) f, جلطة (ar) (júlṭa) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 血栓 (cmn) (xuèshuān)

• Czech: trombus (cs) m, krevní sraženina (cs) f
• Dutch: trombose (nl) f
• Finnish: veritulppa (fi)
• French: thrombus (fr) m
• German: Thrombus (de) m
• Greenlandic: aagiak (kl)

• Hungarian: vérrög (hu)
• Icelandic: blóðkökkur (is) m
• Italian: trombosi (it) f
• Japanese: 血栓 (ja) (けっせん, kessen)
• Polish: zakrzep (pl) m
• Russian: тромб (ru) (tromb) m
• Spanish: coágulo (es) m
• Swedish: blodpropp (sv) c

See also

• embolus

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French

Noun

thrombus m (plural thrombus)

1. thrombus