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THROMBUS
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Irregular inflected form: thrombi
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("thrombus" is a kind of...):
clot; coagulum (a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid)
Holonyms ("thrombus" is a part 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)
Context examples:
A localized pathological necrosis of tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply usually by a thrombus, an embolus, or vascular torsion.
(Infarction, NCI Thesaurus)
Any of several methods used to detect the presence of or quantify the formation of a thrombus in a specimen.
(Clot Detection, NCI Thesaurus)
The thrombus transforms a region of plaque narrowing to one of complete vessel occlusion.
(Acute Myocardial Infarction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
This prevents both platelet aggregation and thrombus formation.
(Abciximab, NCI Thesaurus)
Antithrombin alfa blocks thrombin activity and thus thrombus formation.
(Antithrombin Alfa, NCI Thesaurus)
The vascular tissue is more abundant at the periphery of the tumor and contains fibrin thrombi.
(Angiolipoma, NCI Thesaurus)
When a blood clot is attached to the wall of a blood vessel, it is called a thrombus.
(Blood clot, NCI Dictionary)
Upon administration, alteplase increases plasmin enzymatic activity, resulting in hyperfibrinolysis and potential dissolution of a thrombus or embolism.
(Alteplase, NCI Thesaurus)
A clot detection method that uses a photometric means (measuring the absorbancy of monochromatic light) to detect the presence and/or quantify the formation of a thrombus in a specimen.
(Photometric Clot Detection, NCI Thesaurus)
Furthermore, as a serine protease, batroxobin has the potential applications in cardiovascular treatments, such as dissolving thrombus, preventing thrombus formation and improving microcirculation.
(Batroxobin, NCI Thesaurus)
