How to Use thrombosis in a Sentence

thrombosis

noun
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  • One of the most common types is deep vein thrombosis (DVT), when a clot forms in a deep vein in your arm or leg.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 27 July 2023
  • When a clot forms deep in a vein, for instance, it’s called deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
    — Serena Coady, SELF, 15 Mar. 2022
  • One clot — a deep vein thrombosis — traveled to my lung.
    — Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Deep vein thrombosis occurs when a blood clot forms in at least one but sometimes more of the deep veins in your body.
    — Essence, 2 Oct. 2021
  • In 2020, rap legend Heavy D passed away from one that was caused by deep vein thrombosis.
    — Aley Arion, Essence, 12 July 2022
  • One of them is the formation of deep vein thrombosis, otherwise known as DVT, which is a blood clot in the legs.
    — Essence, 1 May 2020
  • Battling a cold and infection, Rocky had a deep vein thrombosis — a blood clot in the leg, which grew and traveled to his lung.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2020
  • Long-haul flights (and sitting for long periods of time) have been linked to PE and deep-vein thrombosis.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 19 Apr. 2023
  • There have been 15 reports of clots in the legs, called deep vein thrombosis, and 22 cases of blood clots that reached the lungs, known as a pulmonary embolism.
    — Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Peripheral vein disease affects blood flow from the legs back to the heart, and can lead to blood clots and deep vein thrombosis.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Five years ago, I was diagnosed with deep venous thrombosis (a blood clot in my right leg).
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The main concern is a type of clot called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, or CVST, which blocks blood being drained from the brain.
    — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021
  • This refers to a sudden decrease in blood flow to a limb, usually because of a blood clot—that is, a thrombosis or embolism—in an artery.
    — Carolyn Barber, Scientific American, 12 Jan. 2022
  • In Europe, there has been 1 case of thrombosis and low blood platelets among the 2.1 million people who have received the Johnson & Johnson shot.
    — Eric Sylvers, WSJ, 28 May 2021
  • His cause of death was coronary artery thrombosis due to arteriosclerosis and blunt force injury to the head.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The clots occurred in the brain, in a condition called known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.
    — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2021
  • The clots, known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), develop in the sinuses of the brain, where blood is drained.
    — John Cutter, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Blood clots, also called deep vein thrombosis, happen when blood clumps up in one of the veins deep inside your body, typically in your legs.
    — Lori Keong, SELF, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The girl died of complications from a deep vein thrombosis in her leg, which included a blood clot in her brain, a forensic review by a physician for the state found.
    — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The clotting events that have drawn the most concern, known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, entail clots in the veins that drain blood from the brain, a condition that can lead to a rare type of stroke.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2021
  • This is called deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and typically occurs in a major vein in the legs, and less commonly in the arms, pelvis, or other large veins.
    — Leah Groth, Health.com, 24 Apr. 2020
  • The researchers found that the risk of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) in those who have been infected with the coronavirus is around 100 times greater than normal.
    — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021
  • The most worrying of these blood clots is called CVST, or cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Cases identified so far are of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), or blood clots in the brain's veins, rather than in the arteries, which is the case for most strokes.
    — NBC News, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Compression stockings should also not be worn by those with an acute clot in a major leg vein (a deep venous thrombosis).
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2023
  • As the team was preparing for the 2020 season, the defensive lineman was diagnosed with a venous thrombosis, a blood clot, in his brain.
    — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Mar. 2021
  • In 2013, the singer was in the hospital after suffering a pulmonary thrombosis.
    — Diana García, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Nineteen of the patients developed a type of brain blood clot called a cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, or CVST.
    — NBC News, 12 May 2021
  • Lung blood clots usually occur because a large blood clot in the leg — a deep vein thrombosis — breaks free and travels up into the lungs, Marrazzo said.
    — Dennis Thompson, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is a rare form of stroke that affects about five in 1 million people each year.
    — Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2021

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