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clot meaning

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  • Noun: clot  klót
    1. A lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
      - coagulum 
    2. (informal) a stupid or clumsy person
    Verb: clot (clotted,clotting)  klót
    1. Change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
      - coagulate 
    2. Cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
      - coagulate 
    3. Turn into curds
      - curdle, clabber 
    4. Coalesce or unite in a mass
      "Blood clots"
      - clog

    Derived forms: clotting, clots, clotted

    See also: clotting

    Type of: alter, ball, change, change state, chunk, clod, clump, coalesce, glob, lump, modify, turn

    Encyclopedia: Clot


  • [British slang]
    Noun. An idiot, fool. Derog. {Informal}

  • [Medicine]
    n : a coagulated mass produced by clotting of blood
    vb clot·ted; clot·ting vi : to undergo a sequence of complex chemical and physical reactions that results in conversion of fluid blood into a coagulum and that involves shedding of blood, release of thromboplastin from blood platelets and injured tissues, inactivation of heparin by thromboplastin permitting calcium ions of the plasma to convert prothrombin to thrombin, interaction of thrombin with fibrinogen to form an insoluble fibrin network in which blood cells and plasma are trapped, and contraction of the network to squeeze out excess fluid : COAGULATE
    ¦ vt : to gather, press, or stick together in a mass ‹perspiration clotted his hair› ‹the milk was clotted by the addition of a coagulant before it was used›

Examples

  • As the disease progresses, blood clots may develop and plug up the artery, blocking circulation completely.
  • And we had to remove blood clots from around the brain
  • And we had to remove blood clots from around the brain
  • Unsightly like a clot of phlegm . filthy shells
  • A haemophiliac's blood will not clot properly
  • It would have been, if we hadn't let the sauce clot
  • It looks like a clot of hair and an embedded fingernail
  • Thrombosis is the formation of blood clots within vessels
  • clots of this type are known as thrombi
  • I gave him something to dissolve the clot, and it worked
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