clot (klot)
1. coagulum; a semisolid mass, as of blood or lymph.
2. coagulate.
agony clot a type of antemortem clot formed in the process of dying.
antemortem clot one formed in the heart or in a large vessel before death but found after death.
blood clot a coagulum in the bloodstream formed of an aggregation of blood factors, primarily platelets, and fibrin with entrapment of cellular elements.
chicken fat clot a yellow-appearing blood clot, due to settling out of erythrocytes before clotting.
currant jelly clot a reddish clot, due to the presence of erythrocytes enmeshed in it.
laminated clot a blood clot formed by successive deposits, giving it a layered appearance.
passive clot one formed in the sac of an aneurysm through which the blood has stopped circulating.
plastic clot one formed from the intima of an artery at the point of ligation, forming a permanent obstruction of the artery.
postmortem clot one formed in the heart or in a large blood vessel after death.
lam·i·nat·ed clot (l m  -n  t d)n. A clot formed in a succession of layers, as occurs in the natural course of an aneurysm. |
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