As nouns the difference between thrombus and thrombendarteriectomy
is that thrombus is a blood clot formed from platelets and other elements; that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body while thrombendarteriectomy is an operation to remove a thrombus and any diseased inner lining causing the obstruction of an artery.
thrombus
Noun
(thrombi)
(hematology, pathology) A blood clot formed from platelets and other elements; that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.
Synonyms
* blood clot
Derived terms
* thrombectomy
* thrombocyte
* thrombose
* thrombosis
See also
* embolus
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thrombendarteriectomy
English
Alternative forms
(Spelling variants)
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** thrombendarteriectomy (best-formed spelling)
** thrombo-endarteriectomy
** thromboendarteriectomy
** thrombo-endo-arteriectomy (rare)
** thromboendoarteriectomy
** thromboendoarterioectomy (rare)
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** thromb-endarterectomy (rare)
** thrombendarterectomy
** thrombendoarterectomy (rare)
** thrombo-end-arterectomy (rare)
** thrombo-endarterectomy
** thromboendarterectomy
** thrombo-endoarterectomy (rare)
** thromboendo-arterectomy (rare)
** thromboendoarterectomy
Noun
(thrombendarteriectomies)
(surgery) An operation to remove a thrombus and any diseased inner lining causing the obstruction of an artery.
