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thrombus


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thrombus  \Throm"bus\,  n.;  pl  {Thrombi}.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  a  lump, 
  a  clot  of  blood.]  (Med.) 
  a  A  clot  of  blood  formed  of  a  passage  of  a  vessel  and 
  remaining  at  the  site  of  coagulation. 
  b  A  tumor  produced  by  the  escape  of  blood  into  the 
  subcutaneous  cellular  tissue. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thrombus 
  n  :  a  blood  clot  formed  within  a  blood  vessel  and  remaining 
  attached  to  its  place  of  origin 




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