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Plural of: The formation or presence of a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation in a blood vessel

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  • The big concern with these deep venous thromboses, which is essentially a clot in one of the veins in your leg, is that sometimes it can break off and actually travel...
  • They learn how to produce neuroses, psychoses, and thromboses.
  • Fibrin is liberated, and thromboses occur, especially in the liver.
  • Cold exposure causes an increase in blood pressure and hemoconcentration resulting from fluid shifts, leading to coronary thromboses one to two days after cold exposure.
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