embolus

Example Sentences

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She told the court that if the cause of death was established as air embolus, then it would have come from the person connecting the fluids, "which wasn't me".

From BBC • May 18, 2023

He also went on to say that Dr Evans did not have any empirical research to back up his claims about the effects of air embolus.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2023

Fat in the bloodstream after an injury like mine signaled the possibility of a fat embolus, a rare but potentially fatal complication of long-bone fractures.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2015

When it becomes trapped, an embolus is called an embolism.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

And yet the mere naming of the affliction eased her, although she had no conception of what an embolus might be.

From The Price of Love by Bennett, Arnold