sludging
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sludging
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The pertussis toxin can trigger a reaction that produces a high white blood cell count, Yeganeh said — potentially causing sludging in the blood vessels leading to the lungs.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024
To explain the higher blood viscosity of Raynaud's victims, the Walder group now indicts an excess of fibrinogen, one of the several substances involved in the blood-clotting mechanism, and a major factor in blood sludging.
From Time Magazine Archive
If Nixon were to sit, ride or stand for prolonged periods, this could cause "stagnation or sludging of the blood" in his left leg.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, as the sludging, pounding beat of the "Dances of the Adolescents" started, boos and catcalls began to echo in the gallery, and spread to the lower floors.
From Time Magazine Archive
The brain becomes clogged with dead blood cells, a condition known as sludging of the brain.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
