Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun phlebothrombosis
1 sense of phlebothrombosis
Sense 1
phlebothrombosis, venous thrombosis -- (thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy or surgery) or with rapid coagulation of the blood)
=> thrombosis -- (the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel)