thrombus

IPA: θrɑmbʌs

(hematology, pathology) A blood clot formed from platelets and other elements that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.

Examples of "thrombus" in Sentences

A thrombus is a danger to only the area supplied by that artery.
DVT is the formation of a blood clot, known as a thrombus, in a deep leg vein.
Deep-vein thrombosis, also known as deep-venous thrombosis blood clot ( "thrombus") in a deep vein.
If the blood clot (called a thrombus) is large enough, then the flow in the entire heart artery can be blocked off.
They can cause blood clots, called a thrombus, which have the potential to break loose and cause damage by blocking off blood supply to tissues, most often a section of the large intestine.
But sometimes the blood's ability to clot is triggered inside a blood vessel, forming a dangerous clot or "thrombus" that can become lodged in the heart, lungs, or brain and cut off blood flow.
When this clot dislodges (now called a thrombus) and moves through the arteries, it plugs blood flow across both openings to arteries at a place called the aortic bifurcation (the clot looks like a saddle).