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.

Examples of blood clot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Josh Norris is a possibility, but Jiří Kulich is returning after missing most of last season with a blood clot issue. — Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

This can happen after a fatty deposit or blood clot blocks a coronary artery, which cuts off the heart’s blood flow. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 8 Sep. 2026

More and more now, parents were refusing the routine vitamin K shot given to newborns to help their blood clot, and doctors were starting to see babies hemorrhaging because of it. — Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026

Her 16-year-old daughter, Johnna Haymes, died in 2020 from a sudden blood clot in her lung. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for blood clot

• allot
• barat
• begot
• besought
• bethought
• bloodshot
• boycott
• buckshot
• crackpot
• croat
• culottes
• dashpot

Medical Definition

blood clot

noun

: clot

blood-clotting adjective