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[klot] / klɒt /




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She thought it was the baby, but a nurse confirmed it was a blood clot, 3 inches across.

From Salon May 27, 2026

Sinbad had an ischemic stroke — the result of a blood clot that traveled from his heart to his brain — in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

Maradona, regarded as one of the greatest football players of all times, died in November 2020 at age 60, while recovering at home from surgery for a brain clot.

From Barron's Apr. 23, 2026

Wembanyama’s career seemed to be in jeopardy, as doctors had discovered a blood clot in his shoulder that forced him to miss the season’s last two months.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

Beyond that black clot the sea lay, pale with the last ashy gleam of day.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Venous thromboembolism refers to dangerous blood clots that form in a vein and may travel to the lungs.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

This rare condition, which mostly impacts children, occurs when bacterial toxins spread throughout the body and damage red blood cells, causing clots in the organs, primarily the kidneys.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

Gastrointestinal failure means Rupert's digestive system does not function as it should, while haemophilia A is a condition which affects how his blood clots.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

The Watchman device is designed to prevent blood clots and reduce the risk of stroke.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

There would be clots of men out in the fields, out far from the road, moving back the other way, men with gray stubborn faces who would not listen.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

Still, around the globe, other routes to citizenship are becoming more clotted.

From Barron's Jun. 7, 2026

One tenacious fallacy about Shakespeare is that his speeches are always clotted with gargantuan words; Macbeth’s “multitudinous seas incarnadine” is a classic example.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

High-fat creams generally contain 30-40% fat and include whipping cream, double cream and clotted cream.

From Science Daily Dec. 21, 2025

Some say he spent most tea times with New Yorker reporter Emily Hahn, two legends living legendarily, sharing tales over cucumber sandwiches, curried prawns, scones with clotted cream and strong black tea.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2025

Somewhere beneath all of that daintiness, chambered in all that neatness, lay the thing that clotted their dreams.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

He hypothesized that the drug might reduce blood clotting and thus prevent heart attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Pulmonary embolism and hereditary coagulopathy — an arterial blockage in the lungs and issues with blood clotting either too much or too little — contributed to his death, People said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

When this confusion occurs, the body produces antibodies that activate clotting.

From Science Daily Apr. 10, 2026

Revenue tied to Eliquis, a blood thinner that reduces the risk of clotting and stroke, also increased 8% .

From Barron's Feb. 3, 2026

The mutation in the hemophilia gene, which affects the clotting of blood, had likely arisen spontaneously in Queen Victoria at birth.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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