Thrombi

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thrombus \Throm"bus\, n.; pl. {Thrombi}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a lump,
     a clot of blood.] (Med.)
     (a) A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and
         remaining at the site of coagulation.
     (b) A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the
         subcutaneous cellular tissue.


         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thrombus
       n : a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining
           attached to its place of origin
       [also: {thrombi} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thrombi
       See {thrombus}