thrombosis
noun
throm·bo·sis
thräm-ˈbō-səs 
thrəm-
plural thromboses
thräm-ˈbō-ˌsēz
thrəm-
: the formation or presence of a blood clot within a blood vessel
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Diseases covered by the legislation include myocarditis, pericarditis, thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome, Gullian-Barre Syndrome, and other diseases that the secretary of education determines are associated with a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Oct. 2024
Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT as it’s known, occurs when blood clots in one or more veins.
—Sonia Heng, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
Most often, the blood clot forms in a deep vein in the leg (deep vein thrombosis, or DVT) before breaking off and moving through the bloodstream to the lungs.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
The vascular surgeon who calls at 11:45 p.m. says, after reading her father’s most recent CT angiogram, that the diffuse colitis was likely caused by mesenteric ischemia, which was caused by a thrombosis of the false lumen of an SMA dissection.
—Weike Wang, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2024
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Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Oct. 2024
Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT as it’s known, occurs when blood clots in one or more veins.
—Sonia Heng, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
Most often, the blood clot forms in a deep vein in the leg (deep vein thrombosis, or DVT) before breaking off and moving through the bloodstream to the lungs.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
The vascular surgeon who calls at 11:45 p.m. says, after reading her father’s most recent CT angiogram, that the diffuse colitis was likely caused by mesenteric ischemia, which was caused by a thrombosis of the false lumen of an SMA dissection.
—Weike Wang, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Thrombosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrombosis. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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thrombosis
noun
throm·bo·sis
thräm-ˈbō-səs
plural thromboses
-ˈbō-ˌsēz
: the formation or presence of a blood clot within a blood vessel
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thrombosis
noun
throm·bo·sis
thräm-ˈbō-səs, thrəm-
plural thromboses
-ˌsēz
: the formation or presence of a blood clot within a blood vessel see coronary thrombosis, deep vein thrombosis
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