thrombus

Borrowed from New Latin thrombus, from the Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos, “lump, piece, blood clot, milk curd”); compare thrombo-.

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thrombus (plural thrombi)

1. (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.

• blood clot

• embolus

• IPA^(key): /tʁɔ̃.bys/

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thrombus m (plural thrombus)

1. thrombus

• “thrombus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.