Meanings
nounthrombosis (countable and uncountable, plural thromboses)
plural thromboses
- countableuncountablemedicineThe formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.
“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 […], →OCLC2 more examples
The cure for thrombosis at the heart of London was to start work quickly on the new Victoria line. A high-level decision to proceed with this railway was urgently awaited
1962 August, “Talking of Trains: Metropolitan modernisation completed”, in Modern Railways, page 87Blood-clotting platelets had surged like minnows to the site of injury, clumping together to form a thrombosis that blocked the artery, causing a heart attack and tissue death.
2018, Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History, →ISBN, page 37
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Ancient Greekθρόμβωσις“curdling, clotting”
- Englishthrombosis
From Ancient Greek θρόμβωσις (thrómbōsis, “curdling, clotting”). By surface analysis, thrombus + -osis.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic خُثار
- خُثار (khuthar)formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Basque tronbosi
- tronbosiformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Bulgarian тромбоза
- тромбоза (tromboza)formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Catalan trombosi
- trombosiformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Chinese Mandarin 血栓形成
- 血栓形成 (xuèshuān xíngchéng or xiěshuān xíngchéng)formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Czech trombóza
- trombózaformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Danish trombose
- tromboseformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Dutch trombose
- tromboseformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Esperanto trombozo
- trombozoformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Finnish tromboosi, veritulppa
- tromboosiformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
- veritulppaformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
French thrombose
- thromboseformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
German Thrombose
- Thromboseformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Greek θρόμβωση
- θρόμβωση (thrómvosi)formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Hebrew פַּקֶּקֶת
- פַּקֶּקֶת (pakéket)formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Hindi घनास्रता
- घनास्रता (ghanāsratā)formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Hungarian trombózis
- trombózisformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Icelandic segamyndun
- segamyndunformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Indonesian trombosis
- trombosisformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Irish trombóis
- trombóisformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Italian trombosi
- trombosiformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Japanese 血栓症
- 血栓症 (kessenshō)formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Korean 혈전증
- 혈전증 (hyeoljeonjeung)formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Latvian tromboze
- trombozeformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Lithuanian trombozė
- trombozėformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Norwegian Bokmål trombose
- tromboseformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Polish zakrzepica
- zakrzepicaformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Portuguese trombose
- tromboseformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Romanian tromboză
- trombozăformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Russian тромбо́з
- тромбо́з (trombóz)formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Scottish Gaelic cleiteachd-fhala
- cleiteachd-fhalaformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Slovak trombóza
- trombózaformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Spanish trombosis
- trombosisformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Swedish trombos
- trombosformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Thai ภาวะหลอดเลือดมีลิ่มเลือด
- ภาวะหลอดเลือดมีลิ่มเลือด (paa-wá lòt lêuat mee lîm lêuat)formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Turkish tromboz
- trombozformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Ukrainian тромбо́з
- тромбо́з (trombóz)formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Vietnamese chứng nghẽn mạch
- chứng nghẽn mạchformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Welsh tolcheniad, thrombosis
- tolcheniadformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
- thrombosisformation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with thrombosis
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