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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About three weeks postpartum, what seemed like a routine urinary tract infection escalated into a blood clot in her uterus, requiring an emergency dilation and curettage (D&C).
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Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Each chatbot correctly diagnosed a blood clot in the lungs.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Just weeks after turning in an early rough draft, that blood clot near my heart stopped me cold in my tracks.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Franchise ace Zack Wheeler will look to return sometime next year after having a blood clot removed from his shoulder.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Each chatbot correctly diagnosed a blood clot in the lungs.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Just weeks after turning in an early rough draft, that blood clot near my heart stopped me cold in my tracks.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Franchise ace Zack Wheeler will look to return sometime next year after having a blood clot removed from his shoulder.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 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 28 Sep. 2025.
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