cerebral thrombosis

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noun

Pathology.

1. formation of a clot or other blockage in one of the blood vessels of the brain, often followed by neurologic damage; a type of stroke.

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cerebral thrombosis Cultural  

1. A thrombosis in the brain.

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cerebral thrombosis

Othon Friesz, 69, French landscape painter; of a cerebral thrombosis; in Paris.

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Then, on Jan. 15, Lord Moran, Churchill's personal physician for 24 years, announced that he had "developed a circulatory weakness, and there has been a cerebral thrombosis."

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Last month, felled by a cerebral thrombosis, Schuman rallied weakly, but remained bedridden.

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General Sir Arthur William Currie, 57, Wartime Commander-in-chief of the Canadian forces in France, principal and vice-chancellor since 1920 of McGill University; of pneumonia and cerebral thrombosis; in Montreal.

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In 1951, at the age of 67, Flaherty died of a cerebral thrombosis.

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