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THROMBECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thrombectomy mean? 

THROMBECTOMY (noun)
  The noun THROMBECTOMY has 1 sense:

1. surgical removal of a blood clot (thrombus) from a blood vesselplay

  Familiarity information: THROMBECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THROMBECTOMY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of a blood clot (thrombus) from a blood vessel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("thrombectomy" is a kind of...):

ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)


 Context examples 


The placement of an angioplasty guide wire, balloon, or other device (e.g. stent, atherectomy, brachytherapy, or thrombectomy catheter) into a native coronary artery or coronary artery bypass graft for the purpose of mechanical coronary revascularization.

(Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, NCI Thesaurus)



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