Clotting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Clotting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of clot.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of clot.
More Meanings
- Clotted material.
Example Sentences
There is only Gina, come down from the Villa, / her outrageous umbrella striped like a medicine ball / for the balancing act of a poodle, / to toil in the clottings of fog and the world's / suppuration […]
An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic[…]real kidneys[…]. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.
Word Forms
- clottings
Synonyms for clotting
Depending on context, synonyms include curdling, coagulation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include curdling, coagulation, stroke, coagulate, thrombosis, thrombogenesis.
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