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51Portal vein thrombosis — is a form of venous thrombosis affecting the hepatic portal vein, which can lead to portal hypertension and reduction in the blood supply to the liver.CausesCauses can include pancreatitis, cirrhosis, diverticulitis, and… …
52dilatation thrombosis — dilation thrombosis thrombosis due to the slowing of circulation on account of dilation of a vein …
53marantic thrombosis — marasmic thrombosis thrombosis, usually of one of the sagittal sinuses, occurring in the wasting diseases of infancy and of old age; called also atrophic t …
54deep vein thrombosis — deep vein thromboses N VAR Deep vein thrombosis is a serious medical condition caused by blood clots in the legs moving up to the lungs. The abbreviation DVT is also used. [MEDICAL] He could have died after developing deep vein thrombosis during… …
55coronary thrombosis — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms coronary thrombosis : singular coronary thrombosis plural coronary thromboses medical a heart attack in which the blood supply to the heart is blocked …
56deep vein thrombosis — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms deep vein thrombosis : singular deep vein thrombosis plural deep vein thromboses medical a serious medical condition in which a clot (= mass of thick blood) forms in a vein or artery …
57deep vein thrombosis — noun Medicine a thrombosis occurring in a non superficial vein, usually in the thigh or calf, which can dislodge from the vein wall and travel to the lungs, causing a life threatening pulmonary embolism. Also, deep venous thrombosis, DVT …
58cerebral thrombosis — noun a blood clot in a cerebral artery or vein • Hypernyms: ↑thrombosis * * * noun : the formation within a cerebral artery of a blood clot preventing the circulation of blood in the blocked area of brain tissue * * * Pathol. formation of a clot… …
59venous thrombosis — noun 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 • Syn: ↑phlebothrombosis • Topics: ↑pregnancy,… …
60Coronary thrombosis — Cor o*na*ry throm*bo sis, n. the blockage of the coronary artery of the heart by a thrombus. [PJC] …
