CLOTTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clotting mean? 

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

1. the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOTTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

clotting; coagulation; curdling

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

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

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

blood clotting; blood coagulation (a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot))

thermocoagulation (congealing tissue by heat (as by electric current))

Derivation:

clot (coalesce or unite in a mass)

clot (turn into curds)

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

 Context examples 

For blood to clot, your body needs cells called platelets and proteins known as clotting factors.

(Bleeding Disorders, NIH)

Platelets from mice lacking the PAR4 gene are not activated by thrombin and are impaired in clotting, supporting the importance of thrombin signaling through PAR4 in clotting.

(Aspirin Inhibition of Platelet Activation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A drug that reduces pain, fever, inflammation, and blood clotting.

(Aspirin, NCI Dictionary)

Problems with your blood may include bleeding disorders, excessive clotting and platelet disorders.

(Blood, NIH)

Glucocorticoids activate eNOS through activation of PI3 kinase and AKT and increased NO produced by eNOS can diffuse into surrounding tissues to prevent clotting and cause vasodilation.

(Corticosteroid Cardioprotection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

It combines with tissue factor (factor III) to activate factor X in the clotting pathway.

(Coagulation Factor VII, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding indicating a deficiency or excess of proteins or cofactors involved in the clotting cascade.

(Coagulation Factor Alteration, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug used to prevent blood clotting and as a treatment that may help decrease weight loss in people with cancer.

(Pentoxifylline, NCI Dictionary)

An irregular, disc-shaped element in the blood that assists in blood clotting.

(Platelet, NCI Thesaurus)

Some anticardiolipin antibodies prolong phospholipid dependent clotting while others are associated with spontaneous abortion.

(Anticardiolipin Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)