Associations to the word «Thrombus»

Wiktionary

THROMBUS, noun. (hematology) (pathology) 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.

Dictionary definition

THROMBUS, noun. A blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King