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Webster 1913 Edition


Thrombus

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Throm′bus

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Noun.
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pl.
Thrombi
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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] 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.