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Thrombotic disorders are diseases characterized by formation of a thrombus that obstructs vascular blood flow locally or detaches and embolizes to occlude blood flow downstream. Embolism is the sudden blocking of a vessel by a clot or foreign material which has been brought to its site of lodgement by the blood current. (Thrombo-)phlebitis is an inflammation of a vein (phlebitis) associated with thrombus formation (thrombosis).
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