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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) thrombosis
coagulation of the blood within a blood vessel in any part of the circulatory system.

Etymology: (1700–10; < NL < Gk thrómbōsis. See thrombus , -osis)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) thrombosis
the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) thrombosis
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

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U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. thrombosis
Formation and development of a thrombus or blood clot in the blood vessel.

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