thrombosis
n.
formation of a blood clot via a coagulation of the blood in the heart or a blood vessel
Thrombosis
Thrombosis
thrombosis
Noun
1. the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel
(hypernym) occlusion
(hyponym) cerebral thrombosis
(part-meronym) thrombus
Thrombosis
(n.)
The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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