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Definition of: thrombosis
(throm·bō′sis) noun Pathol.
Local coagulation of blood in the heart, arteries, veins, or capillaries, forming by its clot an obstruction to circulation. [<NL <Gk. thrombōsis <thrombos clot]
—throm·bot′ic (-bot′ik) adjective
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