Blood Clots. Blood clotting, or coagulation, is an important process that prevents excessive bleeding when a blood vessel is injured. Platelets (a type of blood cell) and proteins in your plasma (the liquid part of blood) work together to stop the bleeding by forming a clot over the injury. Typically, your body will naturally dissolve the blood clot after the injury has healed.
Medical Definition of PATHOPHYSIOLOGY. : the physiology of abnormal states; specifically: the functional changes that accompany a particular syndrome or disease. â pathoÂ·physÂ·iÂ·oÂ·logÂ·iÂ·cal \-Ä-É-Ëlaej-ËlÃ¤j-i\ kÉl orÂ·pathoÂ·physÂ·iÂ·oÂ·log \-ic\ ik. â adjectiveÂ·pathoÂ·physÂ·iÂ·olÂ·o \-gist-Ä-Ëael-ËÃ¤l\ É. jÉst noun
Psychophysiology is closely related to the field of neuroscience and social neuroscience, which primarily concerns itself with relationships between psychological events and brain responses. Psychophysiology is also related to the medical discipline known as psychosomatics.