throm·bo·sis
noun/θrɒmˈbəʊsɪs/
/θrɑːmˈbəʊsɪs/
[countable, uncountable] (plural thromboses
(medical)/θrɒmˈbəʊsiːz/
/θrɑːmˈbəʊsiːz/
)- a serious condition caused by a blood clot (= a thick mass of blood) forming in a blood vessel (= tube) or in the heart
see also coronary thrombosis, deep vein thrombosisTopics Health problemsc2血栓形成 Word Originearly 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek thrombōsis ‘curdling’, from thrombos ‘blood clot’.