| agonal | Relating to the process of dying or the moment of death, so called because of the former erroneous notion that dying is a painful process. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| agonal clot | Intravascular thrombosis ascribed to the process of dying. (05 Mar 2000) |
| agonal infection | An acute infection, commonly pneumonic or septic, occurring toward the end of any disease and often the cause of death. Synonym: agonal infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| agonal leukocytosis | One that occurs in a person just prior to death, especially in one who has a "slow death." Synonym: agonal leukocytosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| agonal rhythm | An idioventricular rhythm, characterised by unusually wide and bizarre ventricular complexes, often seen in moribund patients. (05 Mar 2000) |
| agonal thrombus | A heart clot formed during the act of dying after prolonged heart failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrophic thrombosis | Thrombosis due to feebleness of the circulation, as in marasmus. Synonym: marantic thrombosis, marasmic thrombosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marasmic thrombosis | Thrombosis due to feebleness of the circulation, as in marasmus. Synonym: marantic thrombosis, marasmic thrombosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carotid artery thrombosis | Formation of a clot in a carotid artery often resulting from atherosclerosis. Patients are at high risk for developing stroke. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cavernous sinus thrombosis | <neurology> A blood clot within the cavernous sinus (a sinus cavity which is bordered by the sphenoid bone and the temporal bone). This condition produces a syndrome called cavernous sinus syndrome. (16 Mar 1998) |
| cerebral embolism and thrombosis | Embolism or thrombosis occurring in a cerebral vessel often leading to cerebral infarction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cerebral thrombosis | Clotting of blood in a cerebral vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| placental thrombosis | Thrombosis of the veins of the uterus at the placental site. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compression thrombosis | Thrombosis due to arrest of the circulation in a vessel by compression, as from a tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| platelet thrombosis | Thrombosis due to an abnormal accumulation of platelets. (05 Mar 2000) |