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Virchow's triad

Virchow's triad proper noun: the set of three factors that precipitate venous thrombus formation: endothelial dysfunction or injury, hemodynamic changes, and hypercoagulability.

Proper noun

Virchow's triad

  1. The set of three factors that precipitate venous thrombus formation: endothelial dysfunction or injury, hemodynamic changes, and hypercoagulability.

Origin of Virchow's triad

After Rudolf Virchow.

Questions about Virchow's triad

What does Virchow's triad mean?
Virchow's triad means the set of three factors that precipitate venous thrombus formation: endothelial dysfunction or injury, hemodynamic changes, and hypercoagulability.
What part of speech is Virchow's triad?
Virchow's triad is a proper noun.

Words near Virchow's triad in the dictionary

  1. Virchow's glands
  2. Virchow's law
  3. Virchow's line
  4. Virchow's node
  5. Virchow's nodes
  6. Virchow's triad
  7. Virchow-Robin space
  8. Virchow-Seckel syndrome
  9. Virchowian
  10. Virden
  11. vire

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