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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Authorities eventually tied the vehicle to Vallow Daybell's brother, Cox, who died in December 2019 of an apparent blood clot.
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Miguel Torres, USA Today, 6 June 2025
The condition is also known as a pulmonary embolism, when a blood clot gets stuck in the blood vessels in the lungs.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025
The advantage is that all of the blood clot and stem cells and growth factors surrounding the torn tissue are still there.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
The medicine, her mom tells PEOPLE, was to break up the blood clot in her brain that had caused the stroke.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 12 May 2025
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Miguel Torres, USA Today, 6 June 2025
The condition is also known as a pulmonary embolism, when a blood clot gets stuck in the blood vessels in the lungs.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025
The advantage is that all of the blood clot and stem cells and growth factors surrounding the torn tissue are still there.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
The medicine, her mom tells PEOPLE, was to break up the blood clot in her brain that had caused the stroke.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 12 May 2025
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“Blood clot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20clot. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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