sticky blood

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noun

a condition of the blood, particularly associated with Hughes syndrome, in which antibodies tend to adhere to platelets and glue them together, leading to an increased likelihood of clotting

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Words nearby sticky blood

stickweed, stick with, stickwork, sticky, stickybeak, sticky blood, sticky end, sticky-fingered, sticky fingers, Sticky Note, sticky rice

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How to use sticky blood in a sentence

That was cold, and I was covered in sticky blood in winter in England, on a castle wall.
Life After Deaths: Sean Bean on 'Game of Thrones' Paternity and 'Legends'|Jason Lynch|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then its not for me to reach out of it and stain my good fingers with unpleasant sticky blood.
I, Mary MacLane|Mary MacLane
He had alighted directly in a pool of dark, thick, sticky blood!
The Frontier Angel|Edward S. Ellis
Alan steadied his knife hand before him, unmindful of the sticky blood.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town|Cory Doctorow

To force this amount of the sticky blood through the tiny capillaries evidently requires very considerable force.
Physiology|Ernest G. Martin