CLOT (clotted, clotting)

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Irregular inflected forms: clotted    , clotting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does clot mean? 

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

1. a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid

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

• CLOT (verb)
  The verb CLOT has 4 senses:

1. change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

2. cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state

3. turn into curds

4. coalesce or unite in a mass

  Familiarity information: CLOT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lump of material formed from the content of a liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

clot; coagulum

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

ball; chunk; clod; clump; glob; lump (a compact mass)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clot"):

thrombus (a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin)

embolus (an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood)

Derivation:

clot (coalesce or unite in a mass)

clot (change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state)

clot (cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state)

• CLOT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they clot    ... he / she / it clots   
Past simple: clotted   
Past participle: clotted   
-ing form: clotting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

clot; coagulate

Context example:

coagulated blood

Hypernyms (to "clot" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clot"):

curdle (turn from a liquid to a solid mass)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something ----s something

Derivation:

clot (a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid)

clotting (the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

clot; coagulate

Hypernyms (to "clot" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

clot (a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Turn into curds

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

clabber; clot; curdle

Context example:

curdled milk

Hypernyms (to "clot" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something ----s something

Derivation:

clotting (the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Coalesce or unite in a mass

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

clog; clot

Context example:

Blood clots

Hypernyms (to "clot" is one way to...):

coalesce (fuse or cause to grow together)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

clot (a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid)

clotting (the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid)

 Context examples 

A drug that is used to decrease the number of platelets in the blood in order to prevent blood clotting.

(Anagrelide, NCI Dictionary)

A progressive condition usually characterized by combined failure of the lungs, liver, kidney, and clotting mechanisms.

(Multiple Organ Failure, Food and Drug Administration)

A disorder characterized by progressive deterioration of the lungs, liver, kidney and clotting mechanisms.

(Multiple Organ Failure, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

MRA may be used to check for aneurysms (a bulge in the blood vessel wall), blockages in the arteries, blood clots, and other blood vessel problems.

(MRA, NCI Dictionary)

It combines a drug used to treat infections with a drug that prevents blood clots.

(minocycline-EDTA, NCI Dictionary)

In ITP, platelets (cells that cause blood clots to form) are destroyed by the immune system.

(AMG 531, NCI Dictionary)

Garlic contains compounds that are antibacterial, antifungal and reduce blood clotting.

(Allium sativum, NCI Thesaurus)

The resulting inflammatory response can increase formation of blood clots, which block arteries leading to heart attack and stroke.

(Psoriasis therapy linked to reduced coronary inflammation in patients with the skin condition, National Institutes of Health)

A6 is a small piece of a protein called urokinase (an enzyme that dissolves blood clots or prevents them from forming).

(A6, NCI Dictionary)

A measurement of the length of time that it takes for clotting to occur when reagents are added to a plasma specimen.

(Partial Thromboplastin Time, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)