thromboembolic

Variant of thromboembolism

thromboembolism definition

thrombo·em·bo·lism (t̸hräm′bō em′bə liz′əm)

noun

the obstruction of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus

Etymology: thrombo- + embolism

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