thrombosis

noun
🔊/θrɒmˈbəʊsɪs/
🔊/θrɑːmˈbəʊsɪs/
[countable, uncountable]
(plural thromboses
🔊/θrɒmˈbəʊsiːz/
🔊/θrɑːmˈbəʊsiːz/
)
(medical医学)
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  1. a serious condition caused by a blood clot (= a thick mass of blood) forming in a blood vessel (= tube) or in the heart 血栓形成see also coronary thrombosis, deep vein thrombosisTopics Illnessc2
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek thrombōsis ‘curdling’, from thrombos ‘blood clot’.