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Definition: Thromboembolism |
ThromboembolismNoun1. Occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Obstruction of a vessel by a blood clot that has been transported from a distant site by the blood stream. (references) |
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Health | The simultaneous combination of chemotherapy plus tamoxifen is associated with an increased risk of thromboembolism when compared to tamoxifen alone. (references) | |
Although tamoxifen has been associated with a slight but definite increased risk of endometrial cancer and venous thromboembolism, the benefit of tamoxifen treatment far outweighs its risks in the majority of women. (references) | ||
If you have a history of venous thromboembolism (blood clots in the veins), are very overweight, or are often unable to move about for health reasons, you need to seriously consider this risk associated with using estrogen. (references) | ||
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| "Thromboembolism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Thromboembolism" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
thromboembolism | 16 |
venous thromboembolism | 9 |
pulmonary thromboembolism | 6 |
air related thromboembolism travel | 2 |
arterial thromboembolism | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "thromboembolism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | tromboembolisme, tromboemboli. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | trombo-embolie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tromboembolia, veritukkotulppauma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | thrombo-embolie (f), thrombo-embolie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Thromboembolie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | θρομβοεμβολή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | tromboembolismo, tromboembolia (thrombo-embolism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omboembolismthray tromboembolismo. (various references) tromboembolismo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "thromboembolism": thromboembolisms. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-e-h-i-l-m-m-m-o-o-o-r-s-t" | |
-5 letters: lobotomies, lobotomise, smoothbore. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-e-h-i-l-m-m-m-o-o-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: thromboembolisms. | |
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