clot
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- noun
- /klɑt/
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- I had a blood clot that was blocking the blood flow to my brain.
- blood clot
- form clots
- develop clots
And remember, the risks of getting a bad clot are really very low.
- And remember, the risks of getting a bad clot are really very low.
- I had been told that it would be normal to pass lemon sized clots.
- And so that roughening up of the inner lining can actually make blood cells clot, stick and form a clot.
- And then the, the blood clot was from the skull fracture.
- Any of these can be a sign of a blood clot in your lungs.
- She pierces the throat of the whore, and stinking fumes with clots of blood, or spat forth the foul breath poisons the nearby air.
- We're seeing loads of people with unnatural blood clots like white calamari inside them.
- Oh my God, there's this baby that a big old blood clot came out of my vagina.
- He he died from natural causes from a blood clot behind his left knee.
Examples
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And we absolutely need to avoid getting blood clots in our brain.
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Your husband suffered multiple skull fractures, and we had to remove blood clots from around the brain.
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A blood clot entered his heart.
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My previous secretary died, a young woman, just very suddenly of a blood clot.
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Any of these can be a sign of a blood clot in your lungs.
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I gave him something to dissolve the clot and it worked beautifully.
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"What are we going to do about this older woman with the clot in her brainstem?" she wondered.
Academic text (2010) -
But hey, I had a pulmonary embolism, which means a piece of blood clot broke off and went to my lungs.
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Ultrasonography of the neck detected a clot in the left internal jugular vein.
Academic text (2003) -
A blood clot formed in his leg after he sat still for too long.
Synonyms
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A thick mass of blood that forms when it becomes solid and can block a blood vessel
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A blood clot that forms inside a vessel and stays attached to the wall
A thick lump that forms when a liquid, like blood, becomes more solid
A thick, sticky lump often made of blood
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A thick mass of blood that forms when it becomes solid and can block a blood vessel
- Specialized
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A medicine that breaks up blood clots that block blood flow, often in the heart
How Solid
Surface Forms
Etymology
Clot comes from an old English word clott meaning 'lump' or 'clump'. Think of a small, thick lump—this is why a clot is a thick mass of blood or another liquid that has become solid.