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Thrombus
A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and remaining at the site of coagulation.
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A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum.
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The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood.
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Containing whole 1
The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign…
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