different between occultation vs thrombosis

English

Etymology

From Latin occult?ti?nem, accusative singular of occult?ti? (“concealment; insinuation”), from occult?re, present active infinitive of occult? (“to conceal, hide”); analysable as occult +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k?l?te??(?)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??k?l?te??(?)n/
• Hyphenation: oc?cul?ta?tion

Noun

occultation (countable and uncountable, plural occultations)

1. (astronomy) An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object is hidden by another celestial object that passes between it and the observer when the nearer object appears larger and completely hides the more distant object.

   Synonym: eclipse
2. The state of being occult (“hidden, undetected”).

   Synonyms: hiddenness, invisibility, occultness
3. (Shia Islam) The disappearance of the Twelfth Imam, or Mahdi, who is believed alive and present in this world, but hidden until his reappearance at the end of time.

Alternative forms

• accultation (rare)

Derived terms

• deoccultation
• lunar occultation
• nonoccultation
• preoccultation

Translations

See also

• eclipse
• syzygy

References

Further reading

• occultation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• occultation (Islam) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (thrómb?sis, “curdling, clotting”); synchronically analyzable as thrombus +? -osis.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???m?bo?s?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???m?b??s?s/
• Rhymes: -??s?s
• Hyphenation: throm?bo?sis

Noun

thrombosis (plural thromboses)

1. (pathology) The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• embolism