| 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) |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| globular thrombus | One of a number of thrombi of varying size, from a pea to a walnut, within the heart cavity, connected by a delicate fibrinous network. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mixed thrombus | A laminated thrombus, the layers of different ages being of different colour or consistency. Synonym: stratified thrombus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white thrombus | A thrombus of opaque dull white colour composed essentially of blood platelets. Synonym: pale thrombus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mural thrombus | A thrombus formed on and attached to a diseased patch of endocardium, not on a valve or on one side of a large blood vessel. See: parietal thrombus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmortem thrombus | A clot formed within the heart or in a blood vessel after death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| propagated thrombus | A gradually increasing thrombosis involving one section of a vein after another in continuity. (05 Mar 2000) |