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PHLEBOTHROMBOSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy or surgery) or with rapid coagulation of the blood
Synonyms:
phlebothrombosis; venous thrombosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("phlebothrombosis" is a kind of...):
thrombosis (the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel)
Domain category:
surgery (the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures)
gestation; maternity; pregnancy (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)
