How to Use thrombosis in a Sentence

thrombosis

noun
  • Deep vein thrombosis occurs when a blood clot forms in at least one but sometimes more of the deep veins in your body.
    — Essence, 2 Oct. 2021
  • What causes deep vein thrombosis?
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
  • But two weeks later and without warning, thrombosis killed her.
    — Shannon Taggart, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Five years ago, I was diagnosed with deep venous thrombosis (a blood clot in my right leg).
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Deep vein thrombosis is a serious condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in a vein deep in the body.
    — Wayne Sterling, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Lillard suffered the injury in his third game back since returning from deep vein thrombosis in his right calf.
    — Ben Morse, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT as it’s known, occurs when blood clots in one or more veins.
    — Sonia Heng, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The leading cause of death is venous thrombosis — a blood clot that forms in some part of the body and then travels to the lungs, heart, or brain.
    — Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The blood clot may start in an arm or leg, known as deep venous thrombosis, and detach and travel to the lungs, which can be deadly.
    — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2017
  • When a clot forms deep in a vein, for instance, it’s called deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
    — Serena Coady, SELF, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The concern for many passengers is not crashing but instead health risks like deep vein thrombosis, a type of blood clot.
    — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Peripheral vein disease affects blood flow from the legs back to the heart, and can lead to blood clots and deep vein thrombosis.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, is when one or more blood clots form within the deep veins of your body.
    — Addy Bink, The Hill, 17 July 2025
  • That lead to pulmonary embolisms (lung clots), deep vein thrombosis (leg clots) and preeclampsia (high blood pressure).
    — Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 28 June 2024
  • There’s no way to completely eliminate the risk of deep vein thrombosis, said Parekh.
    — Sonia Heng, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
  • His cause of death was coronary artery thrombosis due to arteriosclerosis and blunt force injury to the head.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Long-haul flights (and sitting for long periods of time) have been linked to PE and deep-vein thrombosis.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Battling a cold and infection, Rocky had a deep vein thrombosis — a blood clot in the leg, which grew and traveled to his lung.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2020
  • The clots occurred in the brain, in a condition called known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.
    — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2021
  • One of the most common types is deep vein thrombosis (DVT), when a clot forms in a deep vein in your arm or leg.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 27 July 2023
  • How is deep vein thrombosis usually treated?
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
  • In 2020, rap legend Heavy D passed away from one that was caused by deep vein thrombosis.
    — Aley Arion, Essence, 12 July 2022
  • This can lead to deep vein thrombosis (DVT), when blood clots form in the large veins, usually in your legs.
    — Maggie Aime, Msn, Health, 20 Sep. 2024
  • This refers to a sudden decrease in blood flow to a limb, usually because of a blood clot—that is, a thrombosis or embolism—in an artery.
    — Carolyn Barber, Scientific American, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The hospital also failed to ensure efforts to prevent deep vein thrombosis were not put in place, the report said.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 25 Jan. 2024
  • But most senior travelers have a higher risk of swelling and suffering from deep vein thrombosis while flying.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2026
  • But most senior travelers have a higher risk of swelling and suffering from deep vein thrombosis while flying.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The 34-year-old hasn’t played since March, after sustaining deep vein thrombosis (blood clot) in his right calf.
    — Homero De La Fuente, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Deep vein thrombosis occurs when a blood clot forms in one of the deep veins in the body, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025
  • This increases the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a type of blood clot that forms deep in the veins of your leg.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 6 May 2026

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