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throm·bus (t̸hräm′bəs)
noun pl. thrombi throm′bi′ (-bī′)
the fibrinous clot attached at the site of thrombosis
Etymology: ModL < Gr thrombos, a clot < IE *dhrómbhos < base *dherebh-, to coagulate
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