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n. the study of the meanings of words and the relationships between them. Applied lexicology is called lexicography, the science and art of compiling dictionaries.

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thrombotic stroke

thrombotic stroke

the most common type of stroke, occurring when blood flow to the brain is blocked by a cerebral thrombosis. A thrombotic stroke typically results from the narrowing and eventual occlusion of a large blood vessel in the brain, especially the carotid or middle cerebral artery, by atherosclerosis.