passive clot

clot (klot)

1. coagulum; a semisolid mass, as of blood or lymph.

2. coagulate.

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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.

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passive clot

n.

A clot that is formed in an aneurysmal sac following the cessation of circulation through the aneurysm.

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passive clot,

a clot that forms in an aneurysm when circulation is interrupted.