thrombophlebitis
noun
throm·bo·phle·bi·tis
ˌthräm-bō-fli-ˈbī-təs 
: inflammation of a vein with formation of a thrombus
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Klein shared that the Swiss socialite died from phlebitis, or thrombophlebitis, a condition that causes a blood clot to form and block one or more veins, often in the legs, according to the Mayo Clinic.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
The latter is called thrombophlebitis, which the Mayo Clinic says often occurs in the legs.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
Septic thrombophlebitis, deep-vein thrombosis.
—Sarah Stewart Johnson, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2020
The study, published Tuesday in the BMJ, also found an association between exposure to this form of pollution and the risk of hospitalization for Parkinson's disease, diabetes, thrombophlebitis and thromboembolism.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 27 Nov. 2019
Or the hypercoagulable state that led to the thrombophlebitis?
—Scientific American, 24 July 2017
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
The latter is called thrombophlebitis, which the Mayo Clinic says often occurs in the legs.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
Septic thrombophlebitis, deep-vein thrombosis.
—Sarah Stewart Johnson, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2020
The study, published Tuesday in the BMJ, also found an association between exposure to this form of pollution and the risk of hospitalization for Parkinson's disease, diabetes, thrombophlebitis and thromboembolism.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 27 Nov. 2019
Or the hypercoagulable state that led to the thrombophlebitis?
—Scientific American, 24 July 2017
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thrombophlebitis
noun
throm·bo·phle·bi·tis
-fli-ˈbīt-əs
plural thrombophlebitides
-ˈbit-ə-ˌdēz
: inflammation of a vein with formation of a thrombus compare phlebothrombosis
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