blood clot

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noun

a mass of coagulated blood, as within a blood vessel or at the site of an open wound.

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RELATED WORDS

coagulum, embolism, embolus, grume, thrombus

Nearby words

blood bath, blood blister, blood brother, blood capillary, blood cell, blood clot, blood count, blood crystal, blood cyst, blood disk, blood donor

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Examples from the Web for blood clot

Fixed dilatation of one pupil may result from pressure by blood-clot, without other functional disturbance of the nerve.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
An embolus occupied the pulmonary artery, resembling a blood-clot found in the left common and internal iliac veins.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various
A blood-clot formed within a blood-vessel during life is called a thrombus.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
The thrombus being a blood-clot, it is composed, like the latter, of fibrin and blood-corpuscles.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various

The importance of removing blood and blood-clot from the peritoneal cavity is demonstrated on p. 98.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various

Medicine definitions for blood clot

blood clot

n.

A semisolid, gelatinous mass of coagulated blood that consists of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in a fibrin network.

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Science definitions for blood clot

blood clot

See embolism.

See thrombus.

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