Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
2clot Function:
verb Inflected Forms:
clot·ted;
clot·ting intransitive senses : to undergo a sequence ofcomplex chemical and physical reactions that results in conversion of fluid blood into a coagulum and that involves shedding of blood, release of thromboplastin from blood platelets and injuredtissues, inactivation of heparin by thromboplastin permitting calcium ions of the plasma to convert prothrombin to thrombin, interaction of thrombin with fibrinogen to form an insoluble fibrin networkin which blood cells and plasma are trapped, and contraction of the network to squeeze out excess fluid
: COAGULATEclot transitive senses : to gather, press, or stick together in a mass
clotted his hair> clotted by the addition of acoagulant before it was used>
[klot] 
noun, verb, clot⋅ted, clot⋅ting.