embolus

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One of the issues Dr Lee said the panel had found was that skin discoloration noted on some of the babies was, he claimed, wrongly attributed to air embolus by the prosecution.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025

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

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

An embolus that is carried through the bloodstream can be large enough to block a vessel critical to a major organ.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

When an embolus becomes impacted at the bifurcation of the popliteal, if gangrene ensues it usually spreads well up the leg.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis