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You can use it when referring to a medical condition caused by the formation of a clot within a blood vessel. For example, "The patient was diagnosed with thrombosis in her leg."
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thrombosis
noun
The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.
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Here were suppurating sticks of greasepaint in shades nine and five (when applied together in a thick orange paste they were supposed to give a "fleshy" tone to skin but in fact made everyone on stage look as if they were on the verge of a thrombosis); dried-up tubs of cold cream; rotting sponges with thriving colonies of bacteria.
Save a sausage, rub your corners off, and never mind that thrombosis, dear, it's only suppurating a bit.
But its treatments, of which the best known are Plavix (for thrombosis) and Ambien/Myslee (for insomnia), are more profitable than its rival's (Lantus for diabetes, and Lovenox and Clexane, also for thrombosis).
The BMI hospital chain, for example, has just won an award for devising more reliable ways of preventing deep-vein thrombosis in bed-bound patients.
For coronary thrombosis, cases peaked two days after a drop in temperature.
He has spent more than two months in bed under the care of his autocratic wife, Rahsan, and his afflictions range from a spinal disorder via cracked ribs and a thrombosis to loss of appetite.
That institutional thrombosis is already evident in the NHS's overburdened accident and emergency service.There has also until recently been surprisingly widespread agreement on the things required to make this transformation happen.
In 1995, the pill was thought to have a possible link with thrombosis, a threat largely discounted by the World Health Organisation.Today, unbelievably, one argument offered for keeping the ban is that, if lifted, the birth rate would fall even farther; it is already at its lowest in history.
The Boeing mock-up has simulated such motion and found that it is barely noticeable.On the upside, there would be a greater feeling of space, the ability to have many more aisles, and a general freedom to move around—so avoiding flying hazards such as deep-vein thrombosis.
Yet its popularity has declined since the 1960s, partly because of fears over thrombosis and cancer, and partly because the rise of AIDS has led to greater condom use and a rebalancing of the responsibility for contraception between men and women.
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Its rich earnings (it is more profitable than Aventis on half the sales) are due in large part to Plavix, its anti-thrombosis drug.
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