venous thrombosis

Noun
  1. Thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein;
    Associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy or surgery) or with rapid coagulation of the blood (synset 114376413)
    referred to in:
    • surgery - the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
    • gestation, maternity, pregnancy - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
    is a type 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
    same as: phlebothrombosis

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