The process or result of forming into clots, particularly of blood coagulation.
From 'clot' (from Old English 'clott,' meaning a lump of earth) plus the suffix '-age' (meaning process or result, from Old French). The term evolved to describe the medical process of blood thickening.
Understanding clottage—how blood coagulates—was a medical mystery for centuries, but once scientists figured it out in the 1900s, they could prevent dangerous clots that cause strokes and heart attacks!
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