| CPF | clot-promoting factor; complication probability factor; contraction peak force; current patient file... |
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| DBCL | dilute blood clot lysis [method] |
| ECL | emitter-coupled logic; enterochromaffin-like [type]; euglobin clot lysis |
| ECLT | euglobulin clot lysis time |
| ECT | electroconvulsive therapy; emission computed tomography; enteric coated tablet; euglobulin clot test... |
| clot | 1. To coagulate, said especially of blood. 2. A soft, nonrigid, insoluble mass formed when a liquid (e.g., blood or lymph) gels. Origin: O.E. Klott, lump (05 Mar 2000) |
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| clot-dissolving medications | Agents such as plasminogen-activator (t-PA) and streptokinase that are effective in dissolving clots and re-opening arteries. Used, for example, in the treatment of heart attacks. Also called thrombolytic agents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mucin clot test | A test that reflects the polymerization of synovial fluid hyaluronate; a few drops of synovial fluid added to acetic acid form a clot; poor clot formation occurs in a variety of inflammatory conditions including septic arthritis, gouty arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Synonym: Ropes test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmortem clot | A clot formed in the heart or great vessels after death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| currant jelly clot | A jelly-like mass of red blood cells and fibrin formed by the in vitro or postmortem clotting of whole or sedimented blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schede's clot | Filling of the defect in bone, after removal of a sequestrum or scraping away carious material, by allowing the cavity to fill with blood which may become organised (Schede's clot). (05 Mar 2000) |
| euglobulin clot lysis time | A measure of the ability of plasminogen activators and plasmin to lyse a clot; normally, clot lysis is determined by the balance of factors which activate fibrinolysis (plasminogen activators and plasmin) and those which inhibit lysis; in certain conditions (e.g., carcinoma or hepatic insufficiency) activating factors predominate and can be measured by noting the time it takes the euglobulin fraction of plasma (excluding inhibitors of fibrinolysis) to clot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laminated clot | A clot formed in a succession of layers such as occurs in the natural course of an aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |