Word: clotted
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...entered the vein, it couldn't have reached her heart, because a blod clot near the shoulder had cut off all circulation...
...afternoon, Ford had been forced, into only three minor revisions in his testimony: (1) the blood clot did not dam the whole vein, but just 95 percent; (2) a patient lying on her back needs somewhat less air to cause death; and (3) although the clot meant a slow strangulation of the blood stream, it didn't disprove sudden death...
...From the Greek thrombos (clot) and embolos (stopper...
Chemical drums exploded like cannon and the fire spread to other trucks; soon tons of meat, eggs, gasoline, cleaning solvent and rags were flaming. River-hemmed Manhattan, which must pump its lifeblood of traffic through overtaxed and distended arteries, reacted like a great organism with a crippling blood clot. As the tunnel's twin tubes were closed, streams of traffic stagnated and honked around its approaches. Electrical cables in the tunnel burned through and the big city's communications began to fail-some radio programs were cut off, Teletypes stopped, 50% of New York's south...
Golfer Ben Hogan, 36, who broke pelvis, collarbone, ankle and rib in an auto crash five weeks ago, had an abdominal operation to clear up a "critical" blood clot condition. He was reported in "good condition" after the operation, but it would still take him a couple of months to fully recover from the fractures...