[
US
/ˈɛmboʊˌɫɪzəm/
]
[ UK /ˈɛmbəʊlˌɪzəm/ ]
[ UK /ˈɛmbəʊlˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
- occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
- an insertion into a calendar
How To Use embolism In A Sentence
- Anticoagulation is required afterwards because the atria continue to fibrillate and the risk of systemic embolism persists.
- Such pulmonary embolisms, leading to sudden death, can stem from immobilisation, multiple trauma and dehydration.
- Plus, we don't recommend people over 60yrs of age to fly at least 6-8 weeks post up due to lower vascular circulation and increase in pulmonary embolism. Hillary Clinton 'elbowed' aside?
- The registry included patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic pulmonary embolism.
- Autopsy of the patient showed mild lung scarring but no evidence of acute myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, or cerebrovascular accident.
- Immediate clinical manifestations of acute lung injury include pneumothorax, pulmonary oedema, and air embolism.
- However, much less is known of the ecophysiology and structure/function relationships of these cellular ingrowths, except that their presence correlates with vessel embolism.
- Venous thromboembolisms kill more than 25,000 people in the UK every year according to a report released by the Commons Health Committee earlier this month.
- The 29-year-old had developed a haematoma from a pulmonary embolism, stemming from an incident when she cut her foot on broken glass in a Munich restaurant last July. Serena Williams admits to suffering depression during injury lay-off
- The effects of hypoxia and air microembolism on pulmonary pressor response and lung fluid exchange were studied in eight conscious goats with chronic lung lymph fistula.