| agonal thrombus | A heart clot formed during the act of dying after prolonged heart failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| agglutinative thrombus | A translucent colourless plug, partly or wholly filling a capillary or small artery or vein, formed by agglutination of red blood corpuscles. Synonym: agglutinative thrombus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antemortem thrombus | A clot formed in the circulation during life. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ball thrombus | An antemortem thrombus found in the left or right atrium usually in certain cases of mitral stenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ball-valve thrombus | Ball thrombus intermittently occluding the mitral or tricuspid orifice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bile thrombus | An intracanalicular deposit of bile, usually a result of obstruction to bile drainage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| valvular thrombus | A parietal thrombus that projects into the lumen of the vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pale thrombus | A thrombus of opaque dull white colour composed essentially of blood platelets. Synonym: pale thrombus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marasmic thrombus | A thrombus formed in cases of marasmus or general debility. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal thrombus | An arterial thrombus adhering to one side of the wall of the vessel. See: mural thrombus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| red thrombus | A thrombus formed rapidly by the coagulation of stagnating blood, composed mainly of red blood cells rather than platelets. (05 Mar 2000) |