embolus

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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

"For me air embolus fits with what the medical staff on the ground saw," she said.

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

Alternatively, plaque can break off and travel through the bloodstream as an embolus until it blocks a more distant, smaller artery.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

When this artery is blocked close to its origin by an embolus or thrombus, total aphasia results.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various