Meanings
plural thrombi
- hematologyA blood clot formed from platelets and other elements that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.
Synonyms: blood clot
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA blood clot formed from platelets and other elements that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.
Origin
- Ancient Greekθρόμβος“lump, piece, blood clot, milk curd”
- New Latinthrombus
- Englishthrombus
Borrowed from New Latin thrombus, from the Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos, “lump, piece, blood clot, milk curd”); compare thrombo-.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic خُثْرَة, جُلْطَة
- خُثْرَة (ḵuṯra)blood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
- جُلْطَة (julṭa)blood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Catalan trombe
- trombeblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Chinese Mandarin 血栓
- 血栓 (xuèshuān)blood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Czech trombus, krevní sraženina
- trombusblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
- krevní sraženinablood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Danish blodprop
- blodpropblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Dutch trombose
- tromboseblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Esperanto trombo
- tromboblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Finnish veritulppa
- veritulppablood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
French thrombus
- thrombusblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
German Thrombus, Blutgerinnsel
- Thrombusblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
- Blutgerinnselblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Greek θρόμβος
- θρόμβος (thrómvos)blood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Hungarian vérrög
- vérrögblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Icelandic blóðkökkur
- blóðkökkurblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Indonesian trombus
- trombusblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Italian trombosi
- trombosiblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Japanese 血栓
- 血栓 (kessen)blood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Māori poketoto
- poketotoblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Norwegian Bokmål blodpropp
- blodproppblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Persian لخته
- لخته (laxte)blood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Polish zakrzep
- zakrzepblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Portuguese trombo
- tromboblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Romanian trombus, cheag de sânge
- trombusblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
- cheag de sângeblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Russian тромб
- тромб (tromb)blood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Spanish coágulo, trombo
- coáguloblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
- tromboblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Swedish tromb, blodpropp
- trombblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
- blodproppblood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
Cite this entry
thrombus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thrombus
“thrombus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thrombus. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thrombus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thrombus.
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