Definition of Thrombus. Meaning of Thrombus. Synonyms of Thrombus

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Definition of Thrombus

Thrombus
Thrombus Throm"bus, n.; pl. Thrombi. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a lump, a clot of blood.] (Med.) (a) A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and remaining at the site of coagulation. (b) A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

Meaning of Thrombus from wikipedia

- a thrombus: aggregated platelets and red blood cells that form a plug, and a mesh of cross-linked fibrin protein. The substance making up a thrombus is...
- fluid seep into and through them. The more pervious a thrombus, the more fluid it lets through. Thrombus perviousness can be measured using radiological imaging...
- Left ventricular thrombus is a blood clot (thrombus) in the left ventricle of the heart. LVT is a common complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI)...
- therapeutic use of contrast ultrasound on thrombus dissolution. Thrombosis is defined as the formation of a thrombus (blood clot) inside a blood vessel, leading...
- This can be due to ischemia, thrombus, embolus (a lodged particle) or hemorrhage (a bleed). In thrombotic stroke, a thrombus (blood clot) usually forms...
- Thrombus is a genus of sea sponge belonging to the family Thrombidae. Thrombus abyssi (Carter, 1873) Thrombus challengeri Sollas, 1886 Thrombus jancai...
- piece of material, inside a blood vessel. The embolus may be a blood clot (thrombus), a fat globule (fat embolism), a bubble of air or other gas (gas embolism)...
- cause vessel obstruction or occlusion. The free-moving thrombus is called an embolus. A thrombus is always attached to the vessel wall and is never freely...
- leads to plaque rupture and thrombus formation, or by cardioembolism, which results from the embolization of a cardiac thrombus, such as in atrial fibrillation...
- hospitalized with COVID-19. Coagulation, the formation of a blood clot or thrombus, occurs when the proteins of the coagulation cascade are activated, either...