thrombosis

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Wembanyama returned to the court after a lengthy layoff last season caused by deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

Wembanyama hadn’t played a regular season contest in eight months—he missed a chunk of last season as he recovered from a worrisome diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

The action star said that she had been unaware of the prevalence among pregnant women of cerebral venous thrombosis, or CVT, which is the development of a blood clot in the brain.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2024

The researchers estimate that the risk of deep vein thrombosis resulting from this combined preparation is about seven per thousand women per year.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

"Coronary thrombosis," the intern diagnosed, "but that's just an educated guess. In simple language: heart attack."

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin