BLOOD CLOTTING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot)

Synonyms:

blood clotting; blood coagulation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("blood clotting" is a kind of...):

clotting; coagulation; curdling (the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid)

An irregular, disc-shaped element in the blood that assists in blood clotting.

(Platelet, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug that inhibits blood clotting.

(Lepirudin, NCI Dictionary)

Garlic contains compounds that are antibacterial, antifungal and reduce blood clotting.

(Allium sativum, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug that is used to decrease the number of platelets in the blood in order to prevent blood clotting.

(Anagrelide, NCI Dictionary)

A drug used to prevent blood clotting and as a treatment that may help decrease weight loss in people with cancer.

(Pentoxifylline, NCI Dictionary)

Clotting factor is a protein needed for normal blood clotting.

(Hemophilia, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

A drug that reduces pain, fever, inflammation, and blood clotting.

(Aspirin, NCI Dictionary)

Kringles are autonomous structural domains, found throughout the blood clotting and fibrinolytic proteins.

(Kringle Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder of blood clotting that is attributable to a deficiency in liver function.

(Coagulation Disorder due to Liver Dysfunction, NCI Thesaurus)

Specifically, plasma protein and platelets form blood adsorption on the gel surface and trigger a blood clotting cascade.

(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)