Coagulation is a process that plays a large role in the hardening and thickening of blood to form a clot; coagulopathy is a disorder of this clotting mechanism.
disorder of blood clotting
A disease affecting the coagulability of the blood.
A disorder that prevents normal clotting of the blood
an abnormality of blood coagulation (either too much or too little). Can be assessed by platelet count, levels of clotting factors and other measures of blood clotting in the laboratory.
A disease affecting the clotting of the blood.
A disease affecting blood coagulation.
Coagulopathy is a medical term for a defect in the body's mechanism for blood clotting. While there are several possible causes they generally result in excessive bleeding and a lack of clotting.