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thrombosis

noun as in apoplexy

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Platelets are cells that help your blood clot, and it was so unusual to see blood clots combined with low platelet levels, that experts coined a new medical term: vaccine-induced thrombosis with thrombocytopenia, or VITT.

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He died 10 days later of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.

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The inquest heard a post-mortem examination found her death was caused by a bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism, deep vein thrombosis and "long-term complications of nitrous oxide use".

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An inquest in February 2023 issued a narrative verdict, which concluded that Kaleb had died from deep vein thrombosis triggered by a Group A Strep infection behind his left knee.

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He died suddenly five months later from coronary thrombosis, though speculation has since followed that the cause was complications from his cancer spreading.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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