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Thrombectomy

Definition: Thrombectomy

Thrombectomy

Noun

1. Surgical removal of a blood clot (thrombus) from a blood vessel.

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Specialty Definitions: Thrombectomy

DomainDefinitions

Health

Surgical removal of an obstructing clot or foreign material from a blood vessel at the point of its formation. Removal of a clot arising from a distant site is called embolectomy. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Thrombectomy

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Health

Medical thrombolysis may remove the clot and restore flow, but often surgical thrombectomy is required. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Thrombectomy

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  thrombectomy

13

  thrombectomy venous

12
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Modern Translations: Thrombectomy

Language Translations for "thrombectomy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

trombektomi, thrombektomi. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

trombectomie. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

trombektomia, veritulpan poistoleikkaus. (various references)

   

French

  

thrombectomie. (various references)

   

German

  

Thrombektomie. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

θρομβεκτομή. (various references)

   

Italian

  

tromboectomia, trombectomia. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ombectomythray

   

Spanish

  

trombectomía. (various references)

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Anagrams: Thrombectomy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-c-e-h-m-m-o-o-r-t-t-y"

-1 letter: thrombocyte.

-3 letters: boycotter.

-4 letters: botchery, bottomer, bottomry, tommyrot.

-5 letters: betroth, bootery, botcher, boycott, cheroot, homeboy, moocher, mothery, myotome, theorbo.

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Alternative Orthography: Thrombectomy


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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Bibliographic Items: "thrombectomy"


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Amazon.com BOOKS: Search for: "thrombectomy"

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Public Service or Web Sites Triggered by: Thrombectomy