hypercoagulopathy

noun

A disease characterised by an increased tendency of the blood to form clots

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Meanings

nounhypercoagulopathy (plural hypercoagulopathies)

plural hypercoagulopathies

  1. medicineA disease characterised by an increased tendency of the blood to form clots

    In the setting of PVE, precipitating factors of venous thrombosis include injury to the portal venous wall, reduced portal flow, portal hypertension, hypercoagulopathy, inflammatory process, malignancy, pregnancy, oral contraceptive use, and asplenia ( 13 ).

    2015 August 21, Yoo Kyeong Yeom, Ji Hoon Shin, “Complications of Portal Vein Embolization: Evaluation on Cross-Sectional Imaging”, in Korean Journal of Radiology, volume 16, →DOI

Origin

From hyper- + coagulopathy.

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