English translation: a drop of coagulated blood # clot # lump # a clot of blood or milk curd
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Greek term or phrase:
θρόμβος
English translation:
a drop of coagulated blood # clot # lump # a clot of blood or milk curd
coagulation [kouagiuLEishn] ουσ. πήξη, πήξιμο, σύμπηξη: coagulation of the blood πήξιμο του αίματος # πηγμένη μάζα, "πήξιμο", θρόμβος: free the blood from coagulations απαλλάσσω αίμα από θρόμβους
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Hi, Elena. I have quoted the ancient word \"thromvos\" for you from the Ancient Greek <> Modern Greek dictionary for you to see that the original Ancient word means exactly what you said.
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Here it comes, Elena:
[masculine noun = \'thromvos - the English prefix \"thrombo\" is a derivative of the Greek word as well as the English words: thrombocyte - thrombocytopenia - thromboembolism -
thrombokinase - thrombolytic - thrombopenia - thrombophlebitis -
thromboplastin - thrombosis]
definitions: a drop of coagulated blood # clot # lump # a clot of blood or milk curd
Hi, Elena! In fact, your question could have been posted as Ancient Greek>English, but the word still exists and is used in exactly the same sense - so it's all the same. I was glad to help and we shall always be here for you. Good luck!
Tahnk you Betty, Nadia. That "thrombos" is used nowadays to mean "clot in a vessel or in the heart" is clear to me -- I'm a cardiologist.
Sorry if I didn't formulate my question right. I'd need the origin of the word "thrombos"-- I found that it originates in Greek, meaning "lump". Is this incorrect?
Thanks again :-)
E
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clot
Explanation: clot, coagulation
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also: thrombus, cruor
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Late 17thC. Via modern Latin from Greek Thrombos \'clot\'.
Betty Revelioti Greece Local time: 03:09 Native speaker of: Greek
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clot, lump, clump, milk curd
Explanation: [ο - εξ αυτής το αγγλικό πρόθεμα - και οι λέξεις thrombus -
thrombocyte - thrombocytopenia - thromboembolism -
thrombokinase - thrombolytic - thrombopenia - thrombophlebitis -
thromboplastin - thrombosis]
σταγόνα πηγμένου αίματος# σβόλος # βόλος # μικρή στρόγγυλη μάζα πηγμένου αίματος ή γάλακτος
ΜΑGENTA ANCIENT<>MODERN GREEK DICTIONARY
clot [kLOt] ουσ. θρόμβος, σβώλος, κν. γρόμπος: clot of blood θρόμβος αίματος # ιδ. (Ην. Βασ.) βλάκας, κουτεντές: don't be such a clot! μην είσαι κουτεντές!
coagulation [kouagiuLEishn] ουσ. πήξη, πήξιμο, σύμπηξη: coagulation of the blood πήξιμο του αίματος # πηγμένη μάζα, "πήξιμο", θρόμβος: free the blood from coagulations απαλλάσσω αίμα από θρόμβους
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Hi, Elena. I have quoted the ancient word \"thromvos\" for you from the Ancient Greek <> Modern Greek dictionary for you to see that the original Ancient word means exactly what you said.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 mins (2004-03-11 17:09:35 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Here it comes, Elena:
[masculine noun = \'thromvos - the English prefix \"thrombo\" is a derivative of the Greek word as well as the English words: thrombocyte - thrombocytopenia - thromboembolism -
thrombokinase - thrombolytic - thrombopenia - thrombophlebitis -
thromboplastin - thrombosis]
definitions: a drop of coagulated blood # clot # lump # a clot of blood or milk curd
Vicky Papaprodromou Local time: 03:09 Specializes in field Native speaker of: Greek PRO pts in category: 8
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Thanks a lot, Vicky! I realize now that I was probably asking a question about Ancient Greek, then!!
Thanks everyone else, too, for the helpful input :-)
Elena
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