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Thrombi

Thrombus \Throm"bus\, n.; pl. Thrombi. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a lump, a clot of blood.] (Med.)

  1. A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and remaining at the site of coagulation.

  2. A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

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thrombi

n. (plural of thrombus English)

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thrombus

  1. n. a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin

  2. [also: thrombi (pl)]

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Longuet regards the condition of the blood in leukemia as the cause of such priapism, and considers that the circulation of the blood is retarded in the smaller vessels, while, owing to the great increase in the number of white corpuscles, thrombi are formed.