Medical Terminology / Unit 7 MedTerm 0447 worked example, 60 to 90 seconds
Distinguishing Clot Terms
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The idea
Four clot-related terms are distinguished by whether the mass moves, and by what its presence does to tissue.
In practice
Four terms, separated.
Where people slip
Thrombus and embolus name the object; ischemia and infarction name what happens downstream of it.
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