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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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.
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William Cornwell, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
Doctors discovered that the marker in Ditmore’s throat had compressed his carotid artery, creating a blood clot which led to the stroke.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025
Interestingly, the microrobot successfully targeted and dissolved a blood clot.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2025
This includes women with estrogen sensitive breast or uterine cancer, and women who are at high risk for or have had a heart attack, stroke, blood clot, or pulmonary embolism.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
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William Cornwell, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
Doctors discovered that the marker in Ditmore’s throat had compressed his carotid artery, creating a blood clot which led to the stroke.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025
Interestingly, the microrobot successfully targeted and dissolved a blood clot.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2025
This includes women with estrogen sensitive breast or uterine cancer, and women who are at high risk for or have had a heart attack, stroke, blood clot, or pulmonary embolism.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 11 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 27 Nov. 2025.
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