clotting
Variant of clot
clot
Definition
clot (klät)
noun
- a soft lump of earth, clay, etc.; clod
- a soft, thickened area or lump formed on or within a liquid a blood clot
- a thick or jumbled mass or cluster; agglomeration
- Brit., Slang a stupid or silly person; fool
Etymology: ME & OE: akin to Du kloot, ball, Ger klotz, a block: for IE base see climb
clotting
Usage Examples
Object
- cascade: Both of these agents exert their effect by acting on the clotting cascade ( Fig.
- abnormality: Clotting abnormalities may lead to the development of a large haematoma leading to spinal cord compression.
- factor: Blood clotting factors are proteins made by the liver.
- disorder: Hemophilia is a rare genetic blood clotting disorder that primarily affects males.
- tendency: Findings The blood of patients with AF had an increased clotting tendency compared with that of normal subjects.
Preposition: in
- vessel: Abnormal clotting in tiny blood vessels can also occur.
Browse dictionary entries near clotting
- clotted
- cloths
- Clotho
- clothing
- clothier
- clothespress
- clothespole
- clothespin
- clothesline
- clotheshorse
- cloture
- clotured
- cloturing
- cloud
- cloud-capped
- cloud chamber
- cloud-cuckoo-land
- cloud ear
- cloud forest
- cloud nine
