Phrase guide

blood clot

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hematology, medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thrombus

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grume

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: blood

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خُثْرَة (ḵuṯra) — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Arabic: جُلْطَة (julṭa) — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Catalan: coàgul sanguini — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Cherokee: ᎩᎬ ᏚᎵᏍᏚᏁᎲᎢ (gigv dulisdunehvi) — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血凝塊 /血凝块 (xuèníngkuài) — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Czech: trombus — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Czech: krevní sraženina — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Danish: blodprop — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Dutch: trombose — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Esperanto: trombo — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Faroese: blóðtøppur — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Finnish: veritulppa — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • French: thrombus — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • French: caillot sanguin — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • German: Thrombus — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • German: Blutgerinnsel — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Greek: θρόμβος (thrómvos) — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Greenlandic: aagiak — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Gujarati: લોહીની ગંઠાઈ (lohīnī gaṇṭhāī) — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Hawaiian: lapa koko — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Hindi: खून का थक्का (khūn kā thakkā) — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Hindi: रक्तातच (raktātac) — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Hungarian: vérrög — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Icelandic: blóðkökkur — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Icelandic: blóðtappi — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Ido: trombuso — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Ingrian: veripallo — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Irish: téachtán fola — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Italian: trombosi — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Japanese: 血栓 (kessen) — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Korean: 혈전 (hyeoljeon) — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Macedonian: тромб (tromb) — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Māori: poketoto — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Māori: tepetoto — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Marathi: रक्ताची गुठळी (raktācī guṭhḷī) — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Marathi: रक्ताच्या गाठी (raktācyā gāṭhī) — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Navajo: dił diyilii — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blodpropp — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blodpropp — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Polish: zakrzep — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Polish: skrzeplina — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Portuguese: trombo — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Portuguese: coágulo de sangue — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Romanian: trombus — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Romanian: cheag de sânge — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Russian: тромб (tromb) — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Spanish: coágulo — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Spanish: coágulo de sangre — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Swedish: blodpropp — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Thai: ลิ่มเลือด (lîm-lʉ̂ʉat) — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Turkish: kan pıhtısı — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Welsh: tolch — clot formed from platelets and other elements
  • Welsh: tolchen — clot formed from platelets and other elements