thrombus
UK/ˈθrɒmbəs//ˈθrɑmbəs/
thrombus noun: 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.
Noun
thrombus (plural thrombi)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- blood clot
thrombus meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Indonesian
thrombus in Tamil
- இரத்த உறைக்கட்டி, குருதி உறைக் கட்டி, படிமஉறைவு
thrombus in Kannada
- ಕರಣೆಗಂಟು, ಕರಣೆಗಟ್ಟು, ಕರಣೆಕಟ್ಟು, ಹೆಪ್ಪುಗಂಟು
thrombus in Arabic
- blood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
- خُثْرَة ḵuṯra, جُلْطَة julṭa
thrombus in Indonesian
- blood clot formed in blood vessels that leads to thrombosis
- trombus
More languagesFewer languages
- thrombus in Persian
- لخته laxte
Synonyms of thrombus
Forms of thrombus
| plural | thrombi |
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Origin of thrombus
Borrowed from New Latin thrombus, from the Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos, “lump, piece, blood clot, milk curd”); compare thrombo-.
Words formed from thrombus
- immunothrombus
- intrathrombus
- macrothrombus
- microthrombus
- thrombectomy
- thrombocyte
- thrombose
- thrombosis
- thrombosupressive
Questions about thrombus
- What does thrombus mean?
- Thrombus means 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.
- What is thrombus in Tamil?
- Thrombus in Tamil is இரத்த உறைக்கட்டி, குருதி உறைக் கட்டி, படிமஉறைவு. See Thrombus meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is thrombus?
- Thrombus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thrombus?
- Thrombus is pronounced /ˈθrɒmbəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of thrombus?
- The plural of thrombus is thrombi.
Words near thrombus in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: thrombus (page history and authors); thrombus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thrombus (Kannada 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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