Thrombosis

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  • noun. The formation, presence, or development of a thrombus.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The coagulation of the blood in a blood-vessel or in the heart during life; the formation or existence of a thrombus. See thrombus .
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel
  • Word Usage
    "This week, the organization announced that it’s on the verge of creating a lab-on-a-chip that can diagnose deep vein thrombosis from a single drop of blood, as well as a wristband that can measure body temperature, skin moisture and electromagnetic radiation using plastic chips and sensors only micrometers thick."
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    occlusion  
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