thrombosis
throm boh suhs
- n the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel
- Last week at the New York Academy of Medicine four able investigators explained how coronary thrombosis, a common cause of heart failure, can be overcome and the victim's life .
- Although almost 10% of middle-aged persons who have major operations afterward develop thrombosis a serious disease caused by clots which jam the blood vessels they don't.
- There were very few reports of thrombosis among the teenage patients, he says, "So I suspect the risk is fairly low.