单词 | embolism |
释义 | embolism (once / 51840 pages) n WORD FAMILY embolism: embolisms+/embolic: embolism USAGE EXAMPLESDear Carolyn: Long story short: Lost my partner to pulmonary embolism soon after a married friend lost his adult daughter to sudden death. Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) I came very close to loosing my wife at 30 to a pulmonary embolism. New York Times(Oct 06, 2016) The main concern is that the clot will break free and travel to the lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism. US News(Oct 04, 2016) 1n occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) Hypo|Hyper aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving fat embolismserious condition in which fat blocks an artery; fat can enter the blood stream after a long bone is fractured or if adipose tissue is injured or as a result of a fatty liver pulmonary embolismblockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot occlusion closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel) 2n an insertion into a calendar Syn|Hyper intercalation interval, time interval a definite length of time marked off by two instants |
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