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CLOTTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
Synonyms:
clotting; coagulation; curdling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("clotting" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clotting"):
blood clotting; blood coagulation (a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot))
thermocoagulation (congealing tissue by heat (as by electric current))
Derivation:
clot (coalesce or unite in a mass)
clot (turn into curds)
clot (change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb clot
Context examples:
Clustering Eph kinases or ephrins in platelets stimulated cytoskeletal changes as well as other markers of platelet activation during clotting such as secretion of alpha-granules to release clotting factors.
(Platelet Aggregation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A unit of anti-coagulation factor potency determined using an in vitro clotting assay against the standard for coagulation factor concentrate.
(Anti-Coagulation Factor Unit, NCI Thesaurus)
One plasmalogen called PAF acts through a G-protein coupled receptor as a potent platelet activator and clotting agent.
(Plasmalogen Synthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
An ideal injectable bandage should solidify after injection in the wound area and promote a natural clotting cascade.
(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A disorder characterized by reduction in the elements involved in blood coagulation due to their utilization in widespread blood clotting within the vessels.
(Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, Food and Drug Administration)
A progressive condition usually characterized by combined failure of the lungs, liver, kidney, and clotting mechanisms.
(Multiple Organ Failure, Food and Drug Administration)
A disorder characterized by systemic pathological activation of blood clotting mechanisms which results in clot formation throughout the body.
(Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
The absence or mutation of these factors can lead to hemophilia and blood clotting disorders.
(Coagulation Factor, NCI Thesaurus)
A genetic disorder marked by unusual facial features, being shorter than normal, learning problems, heart defects, problems with blood clotting, defects in the skeleton, and fertility problems in males.
(Noonan syndrome, NCI Dictionary)
A measurement of the length of time that it takes for clotting to occur when reagents are added to a plasma specimen.
(Partial Thromboplastin Time, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
