Definition of thromboembolism in English:
thromboembolism
nounˌθrɒmbəʊˈɛmbəlɪz(ə)mˌθrɑmboʊˈɛmbəˌlɪzəm
Medicine Obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot that has become dislodged from another site in the circulation.
mass noun any condition that may predispose to thromboembolism
count noun he developed myocarditis, which caused a thromboembolism
Example sentencesExamples
- Venous thromboembolisms kill more than 25,000 people in the UK every year according to a report released by the Commons Health Committee earlier this month.
- Pulmonary thromboembolism is a common complication in nephrotic patients.
- Patients with cancer who develop a thromboembolism should be treated in a similar manner to patients without cancer.
- Systemic thromboembolism is a common complication of cardiac mural thrombosis.
- Venous thromboembolism is an uncommon occurrence in pregnancy but can be fatal in some cases.
Derivatives
adjective
Medicine Rather than regarding pulmonary embolism as a simple binary disease, the emphasis in patient outcome studies should be the thromboembolic event rate in patients not initially treated for thromboembolic disease.
Example sentencesExamples
- For a list of risk factors for deep venous thrombosis and other thromboembolic disorders, see Table 1.
- Reasons for exclusion from the study included previous cancer, thromboembolic disease, current use of anticoagulants, shortened life expectancy, and desire for future pregnancy.
- Clinical data obtained were death from thromboembolic causes, recurrent DVT or pulmonary emboli, and major bleeding episodes.
- The patients most at risk from stroke are those with a history of thromboembolic disease, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiac failure and those female patients more than 75 years old.
Definition of thromboembolism in US English:
thromboembolism
nounˌTHrämbōˈembəˌlizəmˌθrɑmboʊˈɛmbəˌlɪzəm
Medicine Obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot that has become dislodged from another site in the circulation.
mass noun any condition that may predispose to thromboembolism
count noun he developed myocarditis, which caused a thromboembolism
Example sentencesExamples
- Pulmonary thromboembolism is a common complication in nephrotic patients.
- Patients with cancer who develop a thromboembolism should be treated in a similar manner to patients without cancer.
- Venous thromboembolism is an uncommon occurrence in pregnancy but can be fatal in some cases.
- Venous thromboembolisms kill more than 25,000 people in the UK every year according to a report released by the Commons Health Committee earlier this month.
- Systemic thromboembolism is a common complication of cardiac mural thrombosis.