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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This triggers the formation of a blood clot that obstructs blood flow, starves the surrounding tissues of oxygen and ultimately causes a heart attack or stroke.
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Mary J. Scourboutakos, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
Burkhardt performed emergency brain surgery on Monaghan on Valentine's Day 2021 to remove a large blood clot in a critically sensitive part of the brain.
—Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Wembanyama has already missed the last quarter of the 2024-25 season due to a shoulder blood clot.
—Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 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
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Mary J. Scourboutakos, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
Burkhardt performed emergency brain surgery on Monaghan on Valentine's Day 2021 to remove a large blood clot in a critically sensitive part of the brain.
—Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Wembanyama has already missed the last quarter of the 2024-25 season due to a shoulder blood clot.
—Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 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
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“Blood clot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20clot. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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