Thrombus Definition

thrŏmbəs
thrombi
noun
The fibrinous clot attached at the site of thrombosis.
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Noun

Singular:
thrombus
Plural:
thrombi

Origin of Thrombus

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

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin from Greek thrombos clot

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Thrombus Sentence Examples

  • Atrial fibrillation associated with heart valve disease, valve prosthesis, heart failure, intracardiac thrombus, or thyrotoxicosis.

  • A person with atherosclerosis is at high risk of forming a thrombus in a coronary artery - coronary thrombosis.

  • Drugs to dissolve the thrombus - thrombolytic drugs - may be given during the first 48 hours after formation of the blood clot.

  • The stent was used to exclude thrombus in the contralateral brachiocephalic vein (n=4 ).

  • The blockage of the artery is usually caused by a blood clot (called a thrombus by doctors) or an embolus.

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