microthrombosis

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noun

A very small thrombosis

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Meanings

nounmicrothrombosis (plural microthromboses)

plural microthromboses

  1. medicineA very small thrombosis

    Autopsy showed massive adrenal hemorrhage without inflammation, and showed proliferation of gram positive cocci and microthrombosis in the vessels of many organs.

    2015 June 1, Yukiko Hata et al., “An autopsy case of pneumococcal Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome with possible functional asplenia/hyposplenia”, in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, volume 8

Origin

From micro- + thrombosis.

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Chicago

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