Meaning of THROMBOEMBOLISM

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus
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	See Also:		occlusion
Medical Dictionary
	Definition:		Pathological clotting in a blood vessel, followed by lodgment of clot or clots in remote blood vessels.
Biology Dictionary
	Definition:		An embolism caused by a mass of aggregated blood factors (thrombus).