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noun
1.
a mass or lump.
2.
a semisolid mass, as of coagulated blood.
3.
a small compact group of individuals: a clot of sightseers massed at the entrance.
4.
British Informal. blockhead, dolt, clod.
verb (used without object)
5.
to form into clots; coagulate.
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verb (used with object)
6.
to cause to clot.
7.
to cover with clots: Carefully aimed snowballs clotted the house.
8.
to cause to become blocked or obscured: to clot the book's narrative with too many characters.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English clott lump; cognate with Middle Dutch klotte, German Klotz block, log (compare klutz)
before 1000; Middle English; Old English clott lump; cognate with Middle Dutch klotte, German Klotz block, log (compare klutz)
Related forms
de·clot, verb, -clot·ted, -clot·ting.
non·clot·ting, adjective
un·clot·ted, adjective
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Word Origin & History
clot
O.E. clott, akin to Du. kloot "ball" (see clod). The verb, of fluids, is from 1591.
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Medical Dictionary
clot (klŏt)
n.
A soft, nonrigid, insoluble mass formed when blood or lymph gels. v. clot·ted, clot·ting, clots
To coagulate.
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clot  (klŏt) Pronunciation Key
A soft insoluble mass formed when blood or lymph gels. During blood clotting, white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets, and various clotting factors interact in a cascade of chemical reactions initiated by a wound. When a body tissue is injured, calcium ions and platelets act on prothrombin to produce the enzyme thrombin. Thrombin then catalyzes the conversion of the protein fibrinogen into fibrin, a fibrous protein that holds the clot together. An abnormal clot inside the blood vessels or the heart (a thrombus or an embolus) can obstruct blood flow. |
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