clot
verbEtymology From Middle English clot, clotte, from Old English clott, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“lump”). Cognate with German Klotz (“block”). Doublet of clod and klutz.
1
To form a clot or mass.
- When there is a wounded area on the body, the natural response is for platelets in the blood to clot to plug the wound.2023 January 5, Amber Smith, “30 Health Benefits of Turmeric”, in Discover Magazine, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2023:
2
To cause to clot or form into a mass.
- They didn't explode into blood and clotted matter.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168:
- Derived terms
- clottability, clottable, clotting factor, clottish, kaolin clotting time