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Clot vs Occlusion - What's the difference?

clot | occlusion |

As nouns the difference between clot and occlusion

is that clot is a solidified mass of blood while occlusion is the process of occluding, or something that occludes.

As a verb clot

is to form into a clot or mass.

clot

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A solidified mass of blood.
  • A solidified mass of any liquid.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach.
  • A silly person.

    • Verb

  • To form into a clot or mass.
  • To cause to clot or form into a mass.

    • Anagrams

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    occlusion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
  • (medicine) Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
  • (medicine, dentistry) The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.
  • (meteorology) An occluded front.
  • (linguistics) A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.
  • (physics) The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
  • (computing) The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.

    • Derived terms

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