A defect in the body’s mechanism for blood clotting, causing susceptibility to bleeding.
Any disorder affecting the coagulability of blood. Among acute conditions precipitating the disorder are abruptio placenta, haemolysis following blood transfusions, infection with gram-negative bacteria, heat stroke, shock and snakebite. Chronic disorders linked with coagulopathy are septic abortion, toxaemia of pregnancy, certain cancers and leukaemia.
A defect in blood-clotting mechanisms.
A condition characterized by an abnormality in the coagulation (clotting) of blood, manifesting as either excessively sluggish or excessively rapid clot formation.