Clogging

Clogging is a traditional type of percussive folk dance which is associated with a number of different regions across the world.

Asthma narrows the airways by causing an allergy-induced spasms of surrounding muscles or by clogging the airways with mucus.

1. The act of blocking or clogging.
2. The state or condition of being clogged.
Origin: L. Obstructio ...

Abciximab (ReoPro®). Inhibits the clumping of platelets by binding the receptors on their surface that normally are linked by fibrinogen. Helpful in preventing reclogging of the coronary arteries in patients who have undergone angioplasty.

asthma A respiratory disorder caused by allergies that constrict the bronchioles by inducing spasms in the muscles surrounding the lungs, by causing the bronchioles to swell, or by clogging the bronchioles with mucus.

See also: Membrane, Human, Vessels, Organ, Origin