thrombus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

/ˈθrɒmbəs/ /ˈθrɑmbəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-thrombus.wav

thrombus thrombi

Borrowed from New Latin thrombus, from the Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos, “lump, piece, blood clot, milk curd”); compare thrombo-.

blood clot

embolus

immunothrombus intrathrombus macrothrombus microthrombus thrombectomy thrombocyte thrombose thrombosis thrombosupressive

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