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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Wembanyama has already missed the last quarter of the 2024-25 season due to a shoulder blood clot.
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Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Atkinson was shown a photograph of a carpet with a large amount of a red or brown staining on it and what appeared to be a blood clot.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Mills said doctors told him the episode was caused by a blood clot that briefly blocked part of his heart.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 4 Dec. 2025
If the plaque within one of the coronary arteries suddenly ruptures, a blood clot forms on its surface.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 28 Nov. 2025
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Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Atkinson was shown a photograph of a carpet with a large amount of a red or brown staining on it and what appeared to be a blood clot.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Mills said doctors told him the episode was caused by a blood clot that briefly blocked part of his heart.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 4 Dec. 2025
If the plaque within one of the coronary arteries suddenly ruptures, a blood clot forms on its surface.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Blood clot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20clot. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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