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coagulopathy

noun/kəʊˌæɡjʊˈlɒpəθi/

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Any disorder impairing the blood's capacity to clot normally, whether from factor deficiency, consumption or anticoagulation.

The prolonged clotting times signalled a consumptive coagulopathy complicating sepsis.

Topic: Advanced English in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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