BLOOD CLOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood clot mean? 

• BLOOD CLOT (noun)
  The noun BLOOD CLOT has 1 sense:

1. a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells

  Familiarity information: BLOOD CLOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOOD CLOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

blood clot; grume

Hypernyms ("blood clot" is a kind of...):

blood (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets)

 Context examples 

It is a measurement of the ability of capillaries and platelets to interact to form a blood clot.

(Bleeding Time, NCI Thesaurus)

When a blood clot is attached to the wall of a blood vessel, it is called a thrombus.

(Blood clot, NCI Dictionary)

Some people get too many clots or their blood clots abnormally.

(Blood Clots, NIH)

Normally, if you get hurt, your body forms a blood clot to stop the bleeding.

(Bleeding Disorders, NIH)

Other serious symptoms include blood clots, blindness, and inflammation of the brain, spinal cord, and digestive system.

(Behcet disease, NCI Dictionary)

A drug used to prevent blood clots from forming inside blood vessels in the leg.

(Arixtra, NCI Dictionary)

Formation of a blood clot in the lumen of an artery.

(Arterial Thrombosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Presence of a blood clot in the atria of the heart.

(Atrial Thrombus, NCI Thesaurus)

The proteins that form blood clots are in plasma.

(Plasma, NCI Dictionary)

They help form blood clots to slow or stop bleeding, and to help wounds heal.

(Platelet, NCI Dictionary)