Broth I'm brewing makes damaging blood material (7)

I believe the answer is:

thrombi

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'broth i'm brewing makes damaging blood material' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'broth i'm brewing' is the wordplay.
'brewing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'broth'+'im'='brothim'
'brothim' is an anagram of 'THROMBI'.

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(Another definition for thrombi that I've seen is " Blood clots".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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