cerebral thrombosis

American  

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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Example Sentences

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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The cause, according to a death certificate duly filed by her physician, was "cerebral thrombosis," i.e., a stroke.

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Francesco Cardinal Marchetti-Selvaggiani, 79, since 1948 dean of the College of Cardinals ; of a cerebral thrombosis ; in Rome.

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