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thrombosis


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thrombosis  \Throm*bo"sis\,  n.  [NL.  See  {Thrombus}.]  (Med.) 
  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. 
  --  {Throm*bot"ic},  a. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thrombosis 
  n  :  the  formation  or  presence  of  a  thrombus  (a  clot  of 
  coagulated  blood  attached  at  the  site  of  its  formation) 




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