Ric Flair

I feel great. I had a blood clot. It was a bad deal. But when I look at my friends with hip replacements, knee replacements, shoulder replacements, neck surgeries, back surgeries, I'll take the blood clot.

American Celebrity

Tom Glavine

Obviously, when I had the scare with the blood clots, I mean, that's the kind of thing that you don't want to have happen, obviously, and you worry about what it means for the rest of your career.

American Athlete

Luke Shaw

But if I'd flown back, I would probably have lost my leg because of the blood clots. I've got two scars down the side of my leg where they had to cut me open and pull them out.

English Athlete

Felicity Jones

London is my home. I miss my family so much; it's hard being away. And I miss salt and vinegar crisps. And Marmite. And good fudge. Oh my God. Clotted cream fudge.

English Actress

Curt Coffman

Negativity is like a blood clot, and actively disengaged employees sometimes clot together in groups that support and reinforce their beliefs.

American Author

Vanity

I had internal bleeding with blood clots on the brain. I was completely blind and deaf. I had a heart attack and a stroke.

Canadian Musician

Ryan White

Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down.

Marg Helgenberger

One of the jobs I had was cutting out the blood clots on a side of beef.

American Actress

Mal Peet

A sentence that clots in your mouth is unlikely to flow in your mind.

English Author

Gary Cahill

The scary thing about blood clots is where they can lead.

A clot in the body can be a serious condition, often related to health issues.

Medical Importance

Clots can be protective, like stopping bleeding from a wound.

Not Always Bad

Clotting is a natural and necessary process the body uses to heal.

Natural Process

Clotting typically starts right after a vessel is injured.

Immediately Occurring

Describes crowdedness with a sense of being blocked or filled.

Metaphorical Use

Used negatively to suggest that something is overcrowded or obstructed.

Negative Connotation

An informal British term for someone who acts foolishly.

British Slang

Used among friends or in informal settings, not professional or formal.

Casual Contexts

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