thrombosis
Syllables: throm·bo·sis/θɹɒmˈbəʊsɪs//θɹɑmˈboʊsɪs/
thrombosis noun: the formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.
Noun
thrombosis (countable and uncountable, plural thromboses)
- The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.
- “Humbert Humbert,” their author, had died in legal captivity, of coronary thrombosis, on November 16, 1952, a few days before his trial was scheduled to start.1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC
- The cure for thrombosis at the heart of London was to start work quickly on the new Victoria line. A high-level decision to proceed with this railway was urgently awaited1962 August, “Talking of Trains: Metropolitan modernisation completed”, in Modern Railways, page 87
thrombosis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
thrombosis in Hindi
- formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
- घनास्रता ghanāsratā
thrombosis in Tamil
- இரத்தக் குழாய்க் கட்டி, குருதி நாளக்கட்டி, கட்டியாதல், துரம்போசிசு, இரத்த உறைவு, குருதிப்படிவம் உறைவு
thrombosis in Malayalam
- formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
- ത്രോംബോസിസ് trōmbōsisŭ
thrombosis in Kannada
- formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
- ಕರಣೆಗಟ್ಟಿಕೆ karaṇegaṭṭike, ಹೆಪ್ಪುಗಂಟಿಕೆ heppugaṇṭike, ಕರಣೆಗಂಟಿಕೆ karaṇegaṇṭike
More languagesFewer languages
- thrombosis in Arabic
- خُثار khuthar
- thrombosis in Indonesian
- trombosis
- thrombosis in Thai
- ภาวะหลอดเลือดมีลิ่มเลือด paa-wá lòt lêuat mee lîm lêuat
- thrombosis in Vietnamese
- chứng nghẽn mạch
Forms of thrombosis
| plural | thromboses |
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Origin of thrombosis
From Ancient Greek θρόμβωσις (thrómbōsis, “curdling, clotting”). By surface analysis, thrombus + -osis.
Words formed from thrombosis
Phrases with thrombosis
Words that rhyme with thrombosis
- apotheosis
- symbiosis
- -osis
- abiosis
- diagnosis
- gnosis
- hypnosis
- lordosis
- arthrosis
- cytosis
- kyphosis
- meiosis
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- osmosis
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- stenosis
- synostosis
- theosis
- acanthocytosis
- acanthosis
- acidosis
- adiposis
- aerobiosis
- alkalosis
- amyloidosis
- anadiplosis
- anostosis
- aponeurosis
- apoptosis
- endocytosis
- exocytosis
- halitosis
- hemochromatosis
- ichthyosis
- koilocytosis
- lactosis
- leukoerythroblastosis
- miosis
- mitosis
- mononucleosis
- mycosis
- neoatherosclerosis
- neurosis
- ochronosis
- osteophytosis
- osteoporosis
- parahypnosis
- phagocytosis
- pinocytosis
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- potocytosis
- probiosis
- psychosis
- ptosis
- pyrosis
- retrognosis
- rubatosis
- silicosis
- simuliotoxicosis
- synchondrosis
Questions about thrombosis
- What does thrombosis mean?
- Thrombosis means the formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.
- What is thrombosis in Hindi?
- Thrombosis in Hindi is घनास्रता (ghanāsratā). See Thrombosis meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thrombosis?
- Thrombosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thrombosis?
- Thrombosis is pronounced /θɹɒmˈbəʊsɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of thrombosis?
- The plural of thrombosis is thromboses.
Words near thrombosis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thrombosis (page history and authors); thrombosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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