Meanings
nounblood clot (plural blood clots)
plural blood clots
- hematologyA clot formed from platelets and other elements; that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.
Synonyms: thrombus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA clot formed from platelets and other elements; that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.
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Translations
Arabic خُثْرَة, جُلْطَة
- خُثْرَة (ḵuṯra)clot formed from platelets and other elements
- جُلْطَة (julṭa)clot formed from platelets and other elements
Catalan coàgul sanguini
- coàgul sanguiniclot formed from platelets and other elements
Chinese Mandarin 血凝塊 /血凝块
- 血凝塊 /血凝块 (xuèníngkuài)clot formed from platelets and other elements
Czech trombus, krevní sraženina
- trombusclot formed from platelets and other elements
- krevní sraženinaclot formed from platelets and other elements
Danish blodprop
- blodpropclot formed from platelets and other elements
Dutch trombose
- tromboseclot formed from platelets and other elements
Esperanto trombo
- tromboclot formed from platelets and other elements
Finnish veritulppa
- veritulppaclot formed from platelets and other elements
French thrombus, caillot sanguin
- thrombusclot formed from platelets and other elements
- caillot sanguinclot formed from platelets and other elements
German Thrombus, Blutgerinnsel
- Thrombusclot formed from platelets and other elements
- Blutgerinnselclot formed from platelets and other elements
Greek θρόμβος
- θρόμβος (thrómvos)clot formed from platelets and other elements
Hawaiian lapa koko
- lapa kokoclot formed from platelets and other elements
Hindi खून का थक्का, रक्तातच
- खून का थक्का (khūn kā thakkā)clot formed from platelets and other elements
- रक्तातच (raktātac)clot formed from platelets and other elements
Hungarian vérrög
- vérrögclot formed from platelets and other elements
Icelandic blóðkökkur, blóðtappi
- blóðkökkurclot formed from platelets and other elements
- blóðtappiclot formed from platelets and other elements
Irish téachtán fola
- téachtán folaclot formed from platelets and other elements
Italian trombosi
- trombosiclot formed from platelets and other elements
Japanese 血栓
- 血栓 (kessen)clot formed from platelets and other elements
Korean 혈전
- 혈전 (hyeoljeon)clot formed from platelets and other elements
Māori poketoto, tepetoto
- poketotoclot formed from platelets and other elements
- tepetotoclot formed from platelets and other elements
Norwegian Bokmål blodpropp
- blodproppclot formed from platelets and other elements
Polish zakrzep, skrzeplina
- zakrzepclot formed from platelets and other elements
- skrzeplinaclot formed from platelets and other elements
Portuguese trombo, coágulo de sangue
- tromboclot formed from platelets and other elements
- coágulo de sangueclot formed from platelets and other elements
Romanian trombus, cheag de sânge
- trombusclot formed from platelets and other elements
- cheag de sângeclot formed from platelets and other elements
Russian тромб
- тромб (tromb)clot formed from platelets and other elements
Spanish coágulo (de sangre), coágulo sanguíneo/sanguino/hemático
- coágulo (de sangre)clot formed from platelets and other elements
- coágulo sanguíneo/sanguino/hemáticoclot formed from platelets and other elements
- crúorclot formed from platelets and other elements
Swahili bonge la damu
- bonge la damuclot formed from platelets and other elements
Swedish blodpropp
- blodproppclot formed from platelets and other elements
Thai ลิ่มเลือด
- ลิ่มเลือด (lîm-lʉ̂ʉat)clot formed from platelets and other elements
Turkish kan pıhtısı
- kan pıhtısıclot formed from platelets and other elements
Welsh tolch, tolchen
- tolchclot formed from platelets and other elements
- tolchenclot formed from platelets and other elements
Cite this entry
APA
blood clot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20clot
MLA
“blood clot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20clot. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blood clot,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20clot.
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