coronary thrombosis

noun

Thrombosis of a coronary artery, that is, a blockage, caused by a blood clot, of the blood flow in a coronary artery of the heart, leading to myocardial infarction.

Meanings

nouncoronary thrombosis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecardiologyThrombosis of a coronary artery, that is, a blockage, caused by a blood clot, of the blood flow in a coronary artery of the heart, leading to myocardial infarction.

    “Humbert Humbert,” their author, had died in legal captivity, of coronary thrombosis, on November 16, 1952, a few days before his trial was scheduled to start.

    1955 September 15, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, Paris: The Olympia Press […], →OCLC

    Synonyms: coronary, heart attack

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThrombosis of a coronary artery, that is, a blockage, caused by a blood clot, of the blood flow in a coronary artery of the heart, leading to myocardial infarction.

More synonyms by meaning

nounobstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)

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Translations

Arabic خُثَار تَاجِيّ
  • خُثَار تَاجِيّ (ḵuṯār tājiyy)thrombosis of a coronary artery
French thrombose coronaire
  • thrombose coronairethrombosis of a coronary artery
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