embolism

That would cause an air embolism - a blockage caused by an air bubble in the blood circulation.

The cause of Isabella's death had been given as "bone marrow embolism caused by skeletal trauma", jurors were told.

A serious concern is that the injection can cause a blockage in a blood vessel that can in turn lead to a blood clot travelling to the lungs – what is known as a pulmonary embolism.

Exactly two weeks beforehand, however, my mother was rushed to the ER with critical embolisms.

They were each found to have air bubbles in their blood, known as an embolism.