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.

Examples of blood clot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Spivey described several medical issues, including a blood clot in one arm, pneumonia, the inability to swallow and no function in her arms. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026

The former 2017 draft pick had a blood clot in his lung this summer and missed all of training camp and the preseason due to the ailment. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026

Last November, the Buffalo Sabres center was diagnosed with a blood clot. — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Her cause of death was determined to be a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis (DVT), in which a blood clot travels to the lungs and blocks an artery, the BBC reported. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for blood clot

• allot
• barat
• begot
• besought
• bethought
• bloodshot
• boycott
• buckshot
• crackpot
• croat
• culottes
• dashpot

Medical Definition

blood clot

noun

: clot

blood-clotting adjective