disseminated intravascular coagulation

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disseminated intravascular coagulation (usually uncountable, plural disseminated intravascular coagulations)

  1. (medicine) A pathological process characterised by widespread activation of the clotting cascade throughout the body.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) DIC

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