1) Aeroembolism 2) Hindrance 3) Intercalation
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1) An insertion into a calendar 2) French word used in English 3) Intercalation 4) Interval 5) Time interval
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Foreign body in the blood stream, e.g. blood clot, fat or air
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• (n.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis. • (n.) Intercalated time. • (n.) Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.Embolism: words in ...
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(L. embolismus, from Gr. en in + ballein to throw) the sudden blocking of an artery by a clot or foreign material which has been brought to its site of lodgment by the blood current.
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obstruction of the flow of blood by an embolus, a particle or aggregate of substance that is abnormally present in the bloodstream. The substance may ... [6 related articles]
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A block in an artery caused by blood clots or other substances, such as fat globules, infected tissue, or cancer cells.
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A clot or other floating obstruction in a blood vessel. Can cause a thrombotic CVA.
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A blood clot that breaks off and travels around the body until it enters a blood vessel too narrow for it to continue. The blockage of this blood vessel then causes damage downstream of the embolism due to lack of oxygen and nutrients getting to this tissue.
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<cardiology, physiology> The sudden blocking of an artery by a clot or foreign material which has been brought to its site of lodgment by the blood current. ... Origin: L. Embolismus, from Gr. Ballein = to throw ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(em´bә-liz-әm) the sudden blocking of an artery by a clot of foreign material (embolus) that has been brought by the blood current to the place where it has become lodged. The obstructing material is most often a blood clot, but it may be a fat globule, air bubble, piece of tissue, or clump of bacteria. If i...
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A detached blood clot that blocks circulation in a blood vessel to a part of a body.
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a blood clot that travels through the bloodstream and becomes lodged in a blood vessel, causing a blockage.
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A plug, usually a blood clot, blocking a blood vessel.
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In plant pathology a term used to describe the disruption of water conduction, usually by an air-lock.
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Obstruction of an artery by something (the embolus) that has developed elsewhere in the body. The embolus is usually a blood clot, but may be fat globules, tumour cells, a foreign body or a bubble of air. The tissue receiving its blood from the blocked artery dies (infarcts)
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Em'bo·lism noun [ Latin
embolismus , from Greek ... to throw or put in, insert; confer ... intercalated: confer French
embolisme . See
Emblem .]
1. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the
embolism...
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Embolism: The obstruction of a blood vessel by a foreign substance or a blood clot blocking the vessel. Something travels through the bloodstream, lodges in a vessel and plugs it. Foreign substances that can cause embolism include an air bubble, amniotic fluid, a globule of fat, a clump of bacteria, chemicals (such as talc), and drugs (mainly illic...
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An embolism is the sudden blockage of a blood vessel, usually by a blood clot or air bubble.
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A blood clot that forms somewhere in the body, breaks loose, travels through the blood vessels and clings to the wall of a blood vessel in the brain. During oral sex, make certain that your partner does not blow air into the vagina. Blowing air into the vagina can cause an air embolism that can be fatal to the fetus and/or mother.
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Sudden blockage of an artery by a blood clot
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the blockage of a blood vessel by an embolus
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intercalation noun an insertion into a calendar
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Blockage of a blood vessel by an obstruction called an embolus (usually a blood clot, fat particle, or bubble of air)
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A detached blood clot that blocks circulation in a blood vessel to a part of a body.
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