thrombectomy

Noun

Meaning

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

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Synonyms

open-heart surgery angioplasty heart surgery Bypass surgery coronary artery bypass grafting minimally invasive cardiac surgery valve replacement surgery vascular surgery cardiovascular surgery endovascular surgery stent placement transplantation surgery surgery on the great vessels aneurysm repair aortic surgery

Hypernyms

ablation excision extirpation cutting out

Close letter words and terms

thrombaspiration thrombasthenia thrombasthenic thrombelastogram thrombelastograph thrombelastographic