phlebothrombosis

What does phlebothrombosis mean?

phlebothrombosis means "thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy or surgery) or with rapid coagulation of the blood".

How many syllables are in phlebothrombosis?

phlebothrombosis has 5 syllables and divides as phle-bo-throm-bo-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for phlebothrombosis?

Close synonyms include venous thrombosis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phlebothrombosis a common word?

phlebothrombosis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for phlebothrombosis come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.