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Webster 1913 Edition
Thrombosis
‖
Throm-bo′sis
,Noun.
[NL. See
Thrombus
.] (Med.)
The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; – distinguished from
– embolism
, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance. Throm-bot′ic
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, Adj.