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embolism

[em-buh-liz-uhm] / ˈɛm bəˌlɪz əm /




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The primary endpoint combined stroke, systemic embolism, major bleeding, and cardiovascular death.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Last month OpenAI was sued for the “unauthorized practice of medicine” by a Florida pastor seeking advice for a pulmonary embolism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Partaking in them is not without risk—ozone therapy, for example, has the potential side effect of something called an air embolism, which can lead to a stroke or heart attack.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

Award-winning actress Catherine O'Hara died of a pulmonary embolism, her death certificate has revealed.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

If anything, he says it was the amniotic embolism that did it.

From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds

There are AI competitors like AIdoc, which started with pulmonary embolisms, and OpenEvidence, which doctors use to help diagnose diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

Dr Lee has accused the prosecution of misinterpreting his research and he has since published an update discounting a link between marks on the skin and air embolisms.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025

For many patients who undergo butt lifts and related procedures, complications like blood clots or embolisms, which can be fatal, are a bigger concern than the cartels.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

In recent years, the CDC has found that some of the most common pregnancy-related complications include infections, cardiovascular issues, bleeding out, high blood pressure and pulmonary embolisms.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2022

Moreover, the same principle has wide application in case of the human subject in disease, such as the lesion of nerve tracts or the destruction of centres by localized tumors, by embolisms, or by traumatisms.

From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Henry Smith Williams




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