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thrombosis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /θɹɒmˈbəʊsɪs/
  • General-American: /θɹɑmˈboʊsɪs/
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  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊsɪs
  • CMU ARPABET: TH R AA0 M B OW1 S AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: occlusion

Narrower terms: cerebral thrombosis, coronary thrombosis, coronary, milk leg, white leg, phlegmasia alba dolens, phlebothrombosis, venous thrombosis

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θρόμβωσις (thrómbōsis, “curdling, clotting”). By surface analysis, thrombus + -osis.

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خُثار (khuthar) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Basque: tronbosi — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Belarusian: трамбоз (trambóz) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Bulgarian: тромбоза (tromboza) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Catalan: trombosi — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血栓形成 (xuèshuān xíngchéng or xiěshuān xíngchéng) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Czech: trombóza — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Danish: trombose — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Dutch: trombose — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Esperanto: trombozo — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Finnish: tromboosi — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Finnish: veritulppa — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • French: thrombose — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Galician: trombose — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • German: Thrombose — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Bavarian German: Trombosn — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Bavarian German: Thrombose — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Greek: θρόμβωση (thrómvosi) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Hebrew: פַּקֶּקֶת (pakéket) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Hindi: घनास्रता (ghanāsratā) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Hungarian: trombózis — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Icelandic: segamyndun — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Ido: tromboso — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Indonesian: trombosis — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Irish: trombóis — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Italian: trombosi — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Japanese: 血栓症 (kessenshō) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Kannada: ಕರಣೆಗಟ್ಟಿಕೆ (karaṇegaṭṭike) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Kannada: ಹೆಪ್ಪುಗಂಟಿಕೆ (heppugaṇṭike) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Kannada: ಕರಣೆಗಂಟಿಕೆ (karaṇegaṇṭike) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Kazakh: қан ұюы (qan ūüy) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Korean: 혈전증 (hyeoljeonjeung) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Northern Kurdish: xwîntîrî — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Northern Kurdish: xwînmeyîn — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Kyrgyz: тромбоз (tromboz) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Latvian: tromboze — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Lithuanian: trombozė — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Luxembourgish: Thrombos — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Macedonian: тромбоза (tromboza) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Malayalam: ത്രോംബോസിസ് (trōmbōsisŭ) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Manx: clabbid cuishlin — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Manx: clabbid folley — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Norman: coup d'sang — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trombose — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trombose — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Occitan: trombòsi — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Polish: zakrzepica — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Portuguese: trombose — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Romanian: tromboză — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Russian: тромбо́з (trombóz) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Scottish Gaelic: cleiteachd-fhala — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Serbo-Croatian: тромбо́за — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Serbo-Croatian: trombóza — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Slovak: trombóza — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Slovene: tromboza — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Lower Sorbian: tromboza — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Upper Sorbian: tromboza — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Spanish: trombosis — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Swedish: trombos — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Thai: ภาวะหลอดเลือดมีลิ่มเลือด (paa-wá lòt lêuat mee lîm lêuat) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Turkish: tromboz — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Ukrainian: тромбо́з (trombóz) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Uzbek: тромбоз (tromboz) — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Uzbek: tromboz — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Vietnamese: chứng nghẽn mạch — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Welsh: tolcheniad — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation
  • Welsh: thrombosis — formation of thrombi in the blood vessels, causing obstruction of the circulation