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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Her cause of death is said to be a pulmonary embolism — a life-threatening condition in which one or more arteries in the lungs have been blocked by a blood clot.
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Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
Before the first game of that season, though, her father died, too, due to a blood clot following surgery complications.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2024
Toriyama died March 1 of a blood clot in his brain, Bird Studio said in a statement.
—Mari Yamaguchi, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2024
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.
—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
Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
Before the first game of that season, though, her father died, too, due to a blood clot following surgery complications.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2024
Toriyama died March 1 of a blood clot in his brain, Bird Studio said in a statement.
—Mari Yamaguchi, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2024
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.
—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
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“Blood clot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20clot. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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