clotting

clot  (klt)

n.

1. A thick, viscous, or coagulated mass or lump, as of blood.

2. A clump, mass, or lump, as of clay.

3. A compact group: a clot of automobiles blocking the tunnel's entrance.

v. clot·ted, clot·ting, clots

v.intr.

To form into a clot or clots; coagulate.

v.tr.

1. To cause to form into a clot or clots. See Synonyms at coagulate.

2. To fill or cover with or as if with clots.

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[Middle English, from Old English clott, lump.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

clotting - the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid coagulation, curdling blood clotting, blood coagulation - a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot) natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" thermocoagulation - congealing tissue by heat (as by electric current)