blood clot
noun
: a thick and sticky clump of dried blood that stops blood from flowing through a blood vessel in a person or an animal
She had a blood clot in her lungs.
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In the last few days though, Thomas Markle was rushed to hospital in the Philippines and had his leg amputated following a blood clot, the Daily Mail reported.
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Mills said doctors told him the episode was caused by a blood clot that briefly blocked part of his heart.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 4 Dec. 2025
If the plaque within one of the coronary arteries suddenly ruptures, a blood clot forms on its surface.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 28 Nov. 2025
Today, doctors understand that a heart attack occurs when blood flow through an artery is blocked by a blood clot called a thrombus and oxygen cannot get to the heart muscle.
—William Cornwell, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Mills said doctors told him the episode was caused by a blood clot that briefly blocked part of his heart.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 4 Dec. 2025
If the plaque within one of the coronary arteries suddenly ruptures, a blood clot forms on its surface.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 28 Nov. 2025
Today, doctors understand that a heart attack occurs when blood flow through an artery is blocked by a blood clot called a thrombus and oxygen cannot get to the heart muscle.
—William Cornwell, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blood clot
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“Blood clot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20clot. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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