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 2023, the two-time Super Bowl champion missed Pac-12 media day to address a blood clot in his right leg and another surgery to correct curved toes on his left foot. Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025 Wembanyama’s season ended last February when he was diagnosed with a blood clot in his right shoulder. Jared Weiss, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 After being hospitalized with sepsis and a blood clot, legendary transgender rights activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy has returned home to receive hospice care, according to a post from the Griffin-Gracy Educational and Historical Center, an organization the Stonewall veteran launched in 2017. Mikelle Street, Them., 7 Oct. 2025 About three weeks postpartum, what seemed like a routine urinary tract infection escalated into a blood clot in her uterus, requiring an emergency dilation and curettage (D&C). Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blood clot

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Medical Definition

blood clot

noun
: clot
blood-clotting adjective

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