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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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Ankle pain can be caused by a blood clot anywhere in the leg.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 16 Sep. 2024
Pulmonary hypertension happens when the blood pressure in the lung’s arteries is too high, COPD occurs when your airways become too narrow and cause trouble breathing, and pulmonary embolisms develop when a blood clot is stuck in the lung.1011
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—Anisha Shah, Health, 14 Sep. 2024
This debris, like the iceberg that sank the Titanic, can be much larger than a typical rogue blood clot and can become lodged in an artery that is not excessively narrow, cutting off blood flow.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2024
Pulmonary embolism is a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs when a blood clot gets lodged in an artery in the lungs, blocking blood flow.
—James R. Sanders, VIBE.com, 18 Aug. 2024
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“Blood clot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20clot. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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