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THROMBOSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thrombose mean?
• THROMBOSE (verb)
The verb THROMBOSE has 1 sense:
1. become blocked by a thrombus
Familiarity information: THROMBOSE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it thromboses Past simple: thrombosed
Past participle: thrombosed
-ing form: thrombosing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become blocked by a thrombus
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
the blood vessel thrombosed
Hypernyms (to "thrombose" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Context examples
A syndrome associated with a variety of diseases, notably systemic lupus erythematosus and other connective tissue diseases, thrombopenia, and arterial or venous thromboses, marked by the presence of antibodies directed against phospholipids.
(Antiphospholipid Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
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