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What is a blood clot traveled in the blood stream called?

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When a fragment of a blood clot travels in the blood stream it is called?

erythropoietin


What is the name of the blood clot circulating in the blood stream?

A Circulating clot is referred to as an embolism.


When a blood clot breaks free and circulates through the blood stream it is referred to as?

When a thrombus(clot) breaks free and travels through the bloodstream it is called an embolus.


An embolus in the blood stream may be?

a blood clot


A blood clot that is carried through the blood stream is termed a?

embolus.


What is a clot that flows freely in the blood stream?

Emboli


A stationary blood clot is called?

stationary clot is called a thrombus or a blood clot.


What is the medical term meaning the rate at which blood will clot?

The term for a blood clot depends on whether the clot is stationary or has migrated into the blood stream. A stationary clot that is lodged in the heart or any other organ, is known as a "thrombus". If the blood clot goes elsewhere via the bloodstream, then it is called an embolism.


Blood clot suddenly blocks a vessel in the lungs?

A pulmonary embolism is a sudden blockage in a lung artery, usually due to a blood clot that traveled to the lung.


What is a blood clot that stays fixed at the vessel?

A fixed blood clot is called an embolus.


What procedure removes a blood clot?

The procedure were a blood clot is removed from a vein is called an embolectomy.


What is the medical term meaning stationary clot in an unbroken vessel?

thrombosisThrombus.a blood clotA blood clot that is attached to a vessel wall is a thrombus, A drifting blood clot is an embolus