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What does embolism mean?

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Noun
  1. (pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of an artery by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.
  2. The insertion or intercalation of days into the calendar in order to correct the error arising from the difference between the civil year and the solar year.
  3. An intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil coming after the Lord's Prayer.
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Other cardiovascular causes include severe mitral stenosis and pulmonary embolism.
But when heated to body temperature in a patient's bloodstream, the toxicologists theorized, it gasified, causing a fatal pulmonary embolism.
The duckbill valve must prevent reverse flow and airflow back to the heart, which could cause an embolism.
Serious obstructions, such as a pulmonary embolism, need emergency medical treatment.
Spiral computed tomography showed a pulmonary embolism in the left lower lobe.
However, the patient had desquamative interstitial pneumonitis and superimposed bronchopneumonia, not pulmonary embolism.

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