thrombus

Meaning of thrombus

noun

A blood clot formed from platelets and other elements that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.

Information about thrombus

It is a name.
Languages in which thrombus is used:
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Hyphenation of thrombus

throm-bus

It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
thrombus is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of thrombus

French: thrombus
German: Thrombus
Spanish: trombosis
Italian: trombosi

Words that rhyme with thrombus

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