See Also: Thrombophlebitis(medicine)
Thrombophlebitis(health)
Superficial Thrombophlebitis(health)

shlub (iou) and Thrombophlebitis (medicine)


shlub (iou)



shlub noun. US slang. Also schlub. M20.
[Yiddish, perh. from Polish &zdabove;ob blockhead.]
A worthless person, an oaf.

Thrombophlebitis (medicine)


thrombophlebitis
<pathology> Inflammation of a vein associated with thrombus formation.

Origin: Gr. Phleps = vein.