embolus

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However those arguments were rejected as three senior judges concluded there had been no prosecution expert evidence diagnosing air embolus solely on the basis of skin discolouration.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025

An embolus can occur when amniotic fluid gets into the maternal bloodstream.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 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 a portion of a thrombus breaks free from the vessel wall and enters the circulation, it is referred to as an embolus.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

When the embolus reaches a point beyond which it cannot pass, the resulting disturbance depends essentially, as shown by Cohnheim, upon the presence or absence of arterial anastomoses beyond the place of obstruction.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various