Definition of "thrombotic" [thrombotic]

• Of, pertaining to, or caused by thrombosis. (adjective)

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• "Dr. Zheng is an authority in thrombotic microangiopathies, and will provide medical consultation and interpretation of test results."
• "Guido Parodi, M.D., and colleagues of Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy, conducted a study to examine whether high residual platelet reactivity (HRPR) after clopidogrel loading (a comparatively large dose of the drug given at the beginning of treatment) is an independent prognostic marker of risk of long-term thrombotic events in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) undergoing an invasive procedure and receiving long-term antithrombotic treatment adjusted according to the results of platelet function tests."
• "O'Reilly and Johnson were going to try to prove that this rare condition, known as thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura, or TTP, had caused the tiny blood clots that cut off the oxygen to Joan Karsten's central nervous system and left her severely brain-damaged."