microthrombosis

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ thrombosis

Noun

microthrombosis (plural microthromboses)

  1. (pathology) A very small thrombosis
    • 2015 June 1, Yukiko Hata et al., “An autopsy case of pneumococcal Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome with possible functional asplenia/hyposplenia”, in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology‎, volume 8:
      Autopsy showed massive adrenal hemorrhage without inflammation, and showed proliferation of gram positive cocci and microthrombosis in the vessels of many organs.
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