thrombus
nounUK /ˈθrɒmbəs/ · US /ˈθrɑmbəs/
Etymology Borrowed from New Latin thrombus, from the Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos, “lump, piece, blood clot, milk curd”); compare thrombo-.
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Hematology, Medicine, Pathology, Sciences 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
- immunothrombus, intrathrombus, macrothrombus, microthrombus, thrombectomy, thrombocyte, thrombose, thrombosis, thrombosupressive
- Related terms
- embolus