clot

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++clot1 /klɒt $ klɑːt/ verb (clotted, clotting) [intransitive, transitive]  THICK LIQUIDif a liquid such as blood or milk clots, or if something clots it, it becomes thicker and more solid （使）〔血液、牛奶等〕凝结成块 → clotted cream→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

clot• Some types of snake venom prevent blood from clotting.• Ireland had became a wound that would not clot.• To obtain serum, we permit the blood to clot and then separate the clot from the residual serum.• Blood had clotted on the cuts on his back and on his arms.• The stag's eyes were rolled back and its nostrils were clotted with blood.clot2 noun [countable]  1  THICK LIQUIDa thick almost solid mass formed when blood or milk dries 〔血液、牛奶等的〕凝块 He developed a blood clot on his brain and died. 他脑部出现血凝块，之后死亡。2. STUPID/NOT SENSIBLE British English informal a stupid person 笨蛋，呆子

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clot• Blood fills the space and clots, capillaries grow into the clot and form granulation tissue.• Neurosurgeons have successfully moved a blood clot from her brain and are keeping a close watch on her.• These are more clot specific than streptokinase.• To obtain serum, we permit the blood to clot and then separate the clot from the residual serum.• Some were hanging on the brambles and a few flat, wet clots were lying well out in open ground beyond the clump.blood clot• The blockage is usually caused by a blood clot forming in an artery already narrowed by fatty atheroma.• But eight days later he developed a blood clot and died.• This is the formation of a blood clot in a deep lying vein, which needs immediate medical treatment.• Doctors were forced to amputate her right leg, but Jennifer died when a blood clot caused a pulmonary embolism.• There was no blood clot in the heart or lungs.• They wanted to know why doctors didn't notice a swelling, caused by the blood clot, for two days.Origin clot2 Old English clott

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clot¹ /klɒt $ klɑːt/ verb (past tense and past participle clotted, present participle clotting) [intransitive and transitive]
if a liquid such as blood or milk clots, or if something clots it, it becomes thicker and more solid
⇨ clotted cream

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clot² noun [countable]1. a thick almost solid mass formed when blood or milk dries:
    He developed a blood clot on his brain and died.
2. British English informal a stupid person