thrombosis
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S: WHO – http://www.who.int/ith/mode_of_travel/DVT/en/ (last access: 7 July 2017); Medscape – http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/577318 (last access: 13 June 2015).

N: 1. 1706, Modern Latin, from Greek thrombosis “a clumping or curdling” (from thrombousthai “become curdled or clotted,” from thrombos “clot, curd, lump;” see thrombus) + -osis.
2. The formation, development, or presence of a thrombus.
3. The formation or presence of a blood clot in a blood vessel

S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=thrombosis (last access: 13 june 2015). 2. DORLAND p. 1923. 3. TERMIUM PLUS – http://goo.gl/wkZBLk (last access: 7 July 2017).

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CR: aneurysm, antiaggregant, anticoagulant, artery, embolism, platelet, thrombocytopenia, vein.