embolism

[US]/'embəlɪz(ə)m/
[UK]/'ɛmbə,lɪzəm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. blockage in a blood vessel caused by a clot or other foreign substance; intercalary day in a calendar.

Phrases & Collocations

pulmonary embolism

arterial embolism

cerebral embolism

air embolism

amniotic fluid embolism

Example Sentences

a pulmonary embolism

Diagnosis of fibrocartilaginous infarct/embolism is based on the correct clinical signs and a normal myelogram.

Purpose To investigate the characters of angiography and the embolism therapeusis of detachable balloom with SP for carotid cavernous fistula (CCF).

Methods:Pathologic,physiological,celluar and biochemical examination,and douche of medicine,vein embolism,dicatation and celom induction were adopted to diagnose and treat the diseases.

Pulmonary embolism pain may be pleuritic when infarction of the lung results in pleuritis or may be anginal when right ventricular ischemia occurs secondary to sudden o et of pulmonary hyperte ion.

Results: There were 13 cases of arteriosclerosis obliterans, 11 cases of diabetic extremital gangrene, 5 cases of thromboangiitis obliterans, and 3 cases of arterious embolism of lower extremities.

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