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thrombosis

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. thrombosis (noun)
  2. cerebral thrombosis (noun)
  3. coronary thrombosis (noun)

throm·bo·sis

noun \thräm-ˈbō-səs, thrəm-\
plural throm·bo·ses\-ˌsēz\

Definition of THROMBOSIS

: the formation or presence of a blood clot within a blood vessel
— throm·bot·ic \-ˈbä-tik\ adjective
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Origin of THROMBOSIS

New Latin, from Greek thrombōsis clotting, from thrombousthai to become clotted, from thrombos clot
First Known Use: 1866

Rhymes with THROMBOSIS

cirrhosis, hypnosis, kenosis, lordosis, meiosis, miosis, mitosis, narcosis, necrosis, neurosis, orthosis, osmosis, prognosis, psychosis, sclerosis, stenosis

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