occlusion
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In November, the Food and Drug Administration approved the drug for use in patients with macular edema following retinal vein occlusion, a condition where leaky blood vessels in the eye cause swelling.
From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026
These unique cardiac metabolic and genetic features of the naked mole-rat heart led to enhanced energy reserves even during blood occlusion and return of blood flow after in vitro simulated heart attack.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
Similar systems of occlusion and erasure are at work 150 years later in the current hype around AI.
From Salon ● May 30, 2023
Vascular occlusion is another potential complication, where a blood vessel blockage prevents blood from moving through pathways in your body.
From BBC ● May 9, 2023
In secondary glaucoma in which occlusion of Fontana's spaces occurs as a result of the deposition of fibrin or other inflammatory products the anterior chamber may be of normal depth, or deeper than normal.
From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Willis O. Nance
