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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Larrea, who had more than 520K followers on Instagram, died on Tuesday due to pulmonary thrombosis, also known as a pulmonary embolism, which caused a blood clot to form in her lung.
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Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
Hailey, meanwhile, suffered a small blood clot in her brain in 2022.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
And that was basically a stent going up into the brain to pull out a blood clot.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2024
It was later discovered that Emily’s pain was due to a blood clot in her left leg, which resulted in her dying of a pulmonary embolism — a serious condition in which one or more arteries has been blocked by a blood clot.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
Yet as the virus ravaged California’s overcrowded prisons Moreland recovered from respiratory failure and a blood clot in his lungs.
—Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
Starting next month, D.C. FEMS will be the largest department in the region to carry a product known as whole blood, which is Type O blood that has not been separated into components and contains red blood cells that carry oxygen and platelets that help blood clot.
—Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
There are two types of stroke: ischemic stroke, when a blood clot that blocks the flow of blood to an artery in the brain; or a hemorrhagic stroke, caused when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
In addition, Schrag said, some patients given the placebo had to wait longer for the standard stroke treatment of the drug tPA or surgery to dissolve the blood clot.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
Hailey, meanwhile, suffered a small blood clot in her brain in 2022.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
And that was basically a stent going up into the brain to pull out a blood clot.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2024
It was later discovered that Emily’s pain was due to a blood clot in her left leg, which resulted in her dying of a pulmonary embolism — a serious condition in which one or more arteries has been blocked by a blood clot.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
Yet as the virus ravaged California’s overcrowded prisons Moreland recovered from respiratory failure and a blood clot in his lungs.
—Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
Starting next month, D.C. FEMS will be the largest department in the region to carry a product known as whole blood, which is Type O blood that has not been separated into components and contains red blood cells that carry oxygen and platelets that help blood clot.
—Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
There are two types of stroke: ischemic stroke, when a blood clot that blocks the flow of blood to an artery in the brain; or a hemorrhagic stroke, caused when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
In addition, Schrag said, some patients given the placebo had to wait longer for the standard stroke treatment of the drug tPA or surgery to dissolve the blood clot.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
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