noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/θɹɒmˈbəʊsɪs/
General-American:/θɹɑmˈboʊsɪs/
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rhymes with -əʊsɪs
CMU ARPABET:TH R AA0 M B OW1 S AH0 S
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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
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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