| marantic | Synonym: marasmic. Origin: G. Marantikos, wasting (05 Mar 2000) |
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| marantic atrophy | <medicine> A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis. "Pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence." (Milton) Marasmus senilis [L], progressive atrophy of the aged. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, fr, to quench, as fire; pass, to die away. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| marantic endocarditis | Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis associated with cancer and other debilitating diseases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marantic oedema | Oedema occurring in diseases characterised by wasting and hypoproteinaemia; due to low plasma oncotic pressure. Synonym: marantic oedema. (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) |
| agonal thrombus | A heart clot formed during the act of dying after prolonged heart failure. (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) |