clot
IPA: kɫˈɑt
noun
- A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
- A solidified mass of any liquid.
- A silly person.
verb
- (intransitive) To form a clot or mass.
- (transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass.
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Examples of "clot" in Sentences
- This results in clotting of the blood.
- The coroner determined it was a blood clot in the brain.
- Thrombosis is the pathological development of blood clots.
- All of the cells within the blood clot degenerate and die.
- It is made up of a blood clot that occludes an artery in the brain.
- A clot is the final product of the blood coagulation step in hemostasis.
- The blood clots interrupt the blood supply to the skin, causing necrosis.
- A blood clotting agent is used to transfuse for patients with haemophilia.
- Fibrin is the basic framework for the formation of a blood clot in hemostasis.
- The blood coagulates to form a blood clot situated between the broken fragments.