Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macrothrombus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: macrothrom-bus
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A relatively large thrombus.

Example Sentences

"Diffuse pulmonary macrothrombi (including any clot or thrombus in arteries with a lumen >1 mm) are found frequently, and are present in the early, intermediate, and late stage of ARDS, although in the late stage they are fewer."
"Endogenous thrombin potential controls the capability of blood for intensive generation of fibrin microthrombi (irrelative of whether they will be condensed on macrothrombus or washed out downstream)."

Etymology

From macro- + thrombus.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: macro

Inflected Forms

macrothrombi (plural)

Antonyms

microthrombus

Questions

What does macrothrombus mean?: A relatively large thrombus.
Where does macrothrombus come from?: From macro- + thrombus.

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