coroner's clot
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Often discovered on post mortems.
Noun[edit]
coroner's clot (plural coroner's clots)
- (medicine) An occult blood clot in the nasopharynx formed after surgery or trauma that has the potential to cause fatal airway obstruction following extubation or removal of the laryngeal mask airway.