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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Just weeks after turning in an early rough draft, that blood clot near my heart stopped me cold in my tracks.
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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
Leg swelling that doesn't resolve with elevation Sudden one-sided foot or leg swelling is an emergency that can indicate deep vein thrombosis (a blood clot in the lower leg).
—Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Shandling, who died from a blood clot in 2016, did not come easily to the wisdom that Apatow so admired him for.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
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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
Leg swelling that doesn't resolve with elevation Sudden one-sided foot or leg swelling is an emergency that can indicate deep vein thrombosis (a blood clot in the lower leg).
—Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Shandling, who died from a blood clot in 2016, did not come easily to the wisdom that Apatow so admired him for.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 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 21 Sep. 2025.
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