clotting
Forming a scab
Clotting is the process by which a liquid, especially blood, thickens into a semi-solid mass.
Blood clotting stops bleeding from wounds; without it, even minor cuts would be dangerous.
Clotting can also be harmful when it blocks blood vessels: The medication prevents clotting in the arteries.
The word applies to other liquids that coagulate or curdle.
Dried blood crust
- wound closureSealing an open injury
- hemostasisProcess that stops bleeding
- bleeding controlStopping wound blood loss
- coagulumMass formed by thickening
sealing · crusting · stanching · styptic · tourniquet · compression · cauterization · wound repair
Serine protease enabling coagulation
- fibrinClot-forming protein
- fibrinogenPlasma protein for coagulation
- plateletsCell fragments enabling coagulation
- prothrombinThrombin's inactive precursor
hemostasis · factor VIII · crosslinking · cascade · coagulum · serum
Substance preventing blood clots
- warfarinClot-preventing medication
- heparinSubstance preventing coagulation
- blood thinnersMedications reducing clot risk
- thrombosisClot forming in vessel
embolism · deep vein thrombosis · pulmonary embolism · hemophilia · stroke · hemorrhage · infarction · aneurysm
Solidifying from liquid state
- congealingThickening into solid
- curdlingSeparating into lumps
- gelationTransition to gel state
- solidifyingBecoming rigid or fixed
setting · lumping · viscosity · jelling · consistency · coalescence · stiffening · densification
Obstruction halting movement
- occlusionComplete closure or blockage
- thromboticRelated to blood clots
- embolusTraveling circulatory obstruction
- plugSomething that blocks openings
scab
Dried blood crust
- wound closureSealing an open injury
- hemostasisProcess that stops bleeding
- bleeding controlStopping wound blood loss
coagulum · sealing · crusting · stanching · styptic · tourniquet · compression · cauterization · wound repair · protective layer
thrombin
Serine protease enabling coagulation
- fibrinClot-forming protein
- fibrinogenPlasma protein for coagulation
- plateletsCell fragments enabling coagulation
prothrombin · hemostasis · factor VIII · crosslinking · cascade · coagulum · serum
anticoagulant
Substance preventing blood clots
- warfarinClot-preventing medication
- heparinSubstance preventing coagulation
- blood thinnersMedications reducing clot risk
thrombosis · embolism · deep vein thrombosis · pulmonary embolism · hemophilia · stroke · hemorrhage · infarction · aneurysm · ischemia
coagulating
Solidifying from liquid state
- congealingThickening into solid
- curdlingSeparating into lumps
- gelationTransition to gel state
solidifying · setting · lumping · viscosity · jelling · consistency · coalescence · stiffening · densification · agglomeration
blockage
Obstruction halting movement
- occlusionComplete closure or blockage
- thromboticRelated to blood clots
- embolusTraveling circulatory obstruction
plug · infarct · obstruction
- blood clottingfibrin, thrombin, prothrombin, fibrinogen, platelet
- bloodblood, plasma, platelet, platelets, red blood cell
- Circulatory Systemheart rate, blood, artery, veins, capillary
- healingmeditation, emotional healing, yoga, tissue repair, mindfulness
- Menstruationperiod, menstruation, periods, cycle, menstrual
- blood processescirculation, blood flow, hemostasis, hemorrhage, bleeding
clottingliquefying
Converting to liquid state
bleeding · anticoagulation · hemorrhaging · clot dissolution · dissolving
clottingflowing
Moving continuously onward
streaming · circulating · running · loosing · dispersing
- blood clottingPlatelets forming solid mass
- clotting factorBlood-solidifying protein
- clotting disordersConditions impairing blood solidification