coroner's clot

English

Etymology

Often discovered on post mortems.

Noun

coroner's clot (plural coroner's clots)

  1. (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.
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