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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
thrombosis /θrɒmˈbəʊsɪs/

▶noun (pl. thromboses /-siːz/) local coagulation or clotting of the blood in a part of the circulatory system.

– derivatives
thrombotic adjective.

– origin C18: mod. L., from Gk thrombōsis ‘curdling’, from thrombos ‘blood clot’.

'thrombosis' also found in these Oxford entries:

atheroma - coronary - coronary thrombosis - deep-vein thrombosis - economy-class syndrome - heart attack - heparin - immediate - thrombophlebitis - thrombose - warfarin

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