Blood Clot Definition

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

Singular:
blood clot
Plural:
blood-clots

Blood Clot Sentence Examples

  • He underwent surgery to remove a blood clot on the brain.

  • This opening can allow a blood clot from one part of the body to travel through the flap and up to the brain, causing a stroke.

  • The addition of some of the liquid squeezed out from a blood-clot, of the squeezed blood-clot itself, or of a little blood-serum, is sufficient to throw down a fibrinous coagulum (Buchanan), evidently by these substances supplying the fibrin-ferment.

  • Doctors have known for 60 years that prolonged immobility increases the risk of suffering a blood clot.

  • Anticoagulant drugs are commonly used to prevent problems such as strokes from blood-clot embolism.

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