Clot
noun
A thickened lump or mass formed by a liquid as it hardens.
The surgeon removed a clot from the patient's brain.
Often appears as...
- blood clot
- form a clot
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To change from a liquid into a thickened mass.
The blood starts to clot around the wound to stop more bleeding.
Often appears as...
- blood clotting
- clot together
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Technical
verb
To block or fill something with a thick mass of something.
The narrow alley was clotted with people trying to get a view.
Often appears as...
- clot with people
- arteries clot
noun
An awkward and stupid person.
Stop being such a clot, you're embarrassing me!
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A thickened lump or mass formed by a liquid as it hardens.
The surgeon removed a clot from the patient's brain.
Often appears as...
- blood clot
- form a clot
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To change from a liquid into a thickened mass.
The blood starts to clot around the wound to stop more bleeding.
Often appears as...
- blood clotting
- clot together
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To block or fill something with a thick mass of something.
The narrow alley was clotted with people trying to get a view.
Often appears as...
- clot with people
- arteries clot
noun
An awkward and stupid person.
Stop being such a clot, you're embarrassing me!
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Medical Importance
A clot in the body can be a serious condition, often related to health issues.
She was treated for a blood clot in her leg.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Bad
Clots can be protective, like stopping bleeding from a wound.
A clot formed over his cut to prevent further bleeding.
Pro Tip 1/2Medical Importance
A clot in the body can be a serious condition, often related to health issues.
She was treated for a blood clot in her leg.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Bad
Clots can be protective, like stopping bleeding from a wound.
A clot formed over his cut to prevent further bleeding.
Pro Tip 1/2Medical Importance
A clot in the body can be a serious condition, often related to health issues.
She was treated for a blood clot in her leg.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Bad
Clots can be protective, like stopping bleeding from a wound.
A clot formed over his cut to prevent further bleeding.
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What does the liver do?...
that transport fatty acids and help form blood clots, to the cholesterol that helps the body create hormones. It also makes vitamin D and substances that help digestion. But one of its most vital products is bile. Like an eco-friendly treatment plant, the liver uses cells called hepatocytes
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What happens when you...
This causes the proteins and cell membranes to denature, creating cells that no longer function properly and begin to leak their contents. If these leaky cells proliferate through the body, the results can be devastating. Including liver damage, blood clot formation in the kidneys,
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The extraordinary lives...
what we're doing is actually taking these compounds this is the human coagulation cascade that happens all of these places in green are where leeches interfere with blood clotting what we're doing is getting those compounds out of the leeches working out their
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Why do we itch? - Emma...
that prevents your blood from clotting. That compound, which we're mildly allergic to, triggers the release of histamine, a chemical that makes our capillaries swell. This enables increased blood flow, which helpfully accelerates the body's immune response
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How do vitamins work? -...
and vitamin E works as an antioxidant, getting rid of elements in the body that can damage cells. Finally, from Vitamin K, we score the ability to clot blood, since it helps make the proteins that do this job. Without this vitamin variety,
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Why do blood types...
finding the correct one is a matter of life and death. If someone with type A blood is given type B blood, or vice versa, their antibodies will reject the foreign antigens and attack them, potentially causing the transfused blood to clot.
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What is the Smallest...
these man's are called thrombo lights on account of their clotted structure and they built up over centuries by colonies of microscopic bacterial cells now although these colonies are rare by most definitions bacteria are the dominant
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The truth about bats -...
but vampire bats can be a great help to humans. A chemical known as desmoteplase found in vampire bat saliva helps break down blood clots, and is being tested by recovering stroke victims.
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Ebola 101 PIPE National...
- Blood clots begin to form, internal organs begin to fail, and in a matter of days, the body hemorrhages and dies. Terrors all caused by a nightmare come to life.
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How mRNA Medicine Will...
Or our blood is full of hemoglobin, ferrying oxygen around. Antibodies protecting us from disease, and clotting factors that close up our wounds.
Video examples
What does the liver do?...
that transport fatty acids and help form blood clots, to the cholesterol that helps the body create hormones. It also makes vitamin D and substances that help digestion. But one of its most vital products is bile. Like an eco-friendly treatment plant, the liver uses cells called hepatocytes
Video examples
What happens when you...
This causes the proteins and cell membranes to denature, creating cells that no longer function properly and begin to leak their contents. If these leaky cells proliferate through the body, the results can be devastating. Including liver damage, blood clot formation in the kidneys,
Video examples
The extraordinary lives...
what we're doing is actually taking these compounds this is the human coagulation cascade that happens all of these places in green are where leeches interfere with blood clotting what we're doing is getting those compounds out of the leeches working out their
Video examples
Why do we itch? - Emma...
that prevents your blood from clotting. That compound, which we're mildly allergic to, triggers the release of histamine, a chemical that makes our capillaries swell. This enables increased blood flow, which helpfully accelerates the body's immune response
Video examples
How do vitamins work? -...
and vitamin E works as an antioxidant, getting rid of elements in the body that can damage cells. Finally, from Vitamin K, we score the ability to clot blood, since it helps make the proteins that do this job. Without this vitamin variety,
Video examples
Why do blood types...
finding the correct one is a matter of life and death. If someone with type A blood is given type B blood, or vice versa, their antibodies will reject the foreign antigens and attack them, potentially causing the transfused blood to clot.
Video examples
What is the Smallest...
these man's are called thrombo lights on account of their clotted structure and they built up over centuries by colonies of microscopic bacterial cells now although these colonies are rare by most definitions bacteria are the dominant
Video examples
The truth about bats -...
but vampire bats can be a great help to humans. A chemical known as desmoteplase found in vampire bat saliva helps break down blood clots, and is being tested by recovering stroke victims.
Video examples
Ebola 101 PIPE National...
- Blood clots begin to form, internal organs begin to fail, and in a matter of days, the body hemorrhages and dies. Terrors all caused by a nightmare come to life.
Video examples
How mRNA Medicine Will...
Or our blood is full of hemoglobin, ferrying oxygen around. Antibodies protecting us from disease, and clotting factors that close up our wounds.
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Ric Flair
American Celebrity
I feel great. I had a blood clot. It was a bad deal. But when I look at my friends with hip replacements, knee replacements, shoulder replacements, neck surgeries, back surgeries, I'll take the blood clot.
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Tom Glavine
American Athlete
Obviously, when I had the scare with the blood clots, I mean, that's the kind of thing that you don't want to have happen, obviously, and you worry about what it means for the rest of your career.
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Luke Shaw
English Athlete
But if I'd flown back, I would probably have lost my leg because of the blood clots. I've got two scars down the side of my leg where they had to cut me open and pull them out.
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Felicity Jones
English Actress
London is my home. I miss my family so much; it's hard being away. And I miss salt and vinegar crisps. And Marmite. And good fudge. Oh my God. Clotted cream fudge.
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Curt Coffman
American Author
Negativity is like a blood clot, and actively disengaged employees sometimes clot together in groups that support and reinforce their beliefs.
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Vanity
Canadian Musician
I had internal bleeding with blood clots on the brain. I was completely blind and deaf. I had a heart attack and a stroke.
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Ryan White
American Celebrity
Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down.
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Marg Helgenberger
American Actress
One of the jobs I had was cutting out the blood clots on a side of beef.
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Mal Peet
English Author
A sentence that clots in your mouth is unlikely to flow in your mind.
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Gary Cahill
English Athlete
The scary thing about blood clots is where they can lead.
Quote examples
Ric Flair
American Celebrity
I feel great. I had a blood clot. It was a bad deal. But when I look at my friends with hip replacements, knee replacements, shoulder replacements, neck surgeries, back surgeries, I'll take the blood clot.
Quote examples
Tom Glavine
American Athlete
Obviously, when I had the scare with the blood clots, I mean, that's the kind of thing that you don't want to have happen, obviously, and you worry about what it means for the rest of your career.
Quote examples
Luke Shaw
English Athlete
But if I'd flown back, I would probably have lost my leg because of the blood clots. I've got two scars down the side of my leg where they had to cut me open and pull them out.
Quote examples
Felicity Jones
English Actress
London is my home. I miss my family so much; it's hard being away. And I miss salt and vinegar crisps. And Marmite. And good fudge. Oh my God. Clotted cream fudge.
Quote examples
Curt Coffman
American Author
Negativity is like a blood clot, and actively disengaged employees sometimes clot together in groups that support and reinforce their beliefs.
Quote examples
Vanity
Canadian Musician
I had internal bleeding with blood clots on the brain. I was completely blind and deaf. I had a heart attack and a stroke.
Quote examples
Ryan White
American Celebrity
Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down.
Quote examples
Marg Helgenberger
American Actress
One of the jobs I had was cutting out the blood clots on a side of beef.
Quote examples
Mal Peet
English Author
A sentence that clots in your mouth is unlikely to flow in your mind.
Quote examples
Gary Cahill
English Athlete
The scary thing about blood clots is where they can lead.
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