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embolism Definition

em·bo·lism (embə liz′əm)

noun

  1. the intercalation of a day, month, etc. into a calendar, as in leap year
  2. the time intercalated
  3. Med.
    1. the obstruction of a blood vessel by an embolus too large to pass through it
    2. loosely an embolus

Etymology: ME embolisme < LL embolismus < Gr embolismos, intercalary < embolos: see embolus

embolism Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • cause: The only bubble some of them have to worry about is the embolism caused by IV drug abuse.
  • call: This is called pulmonary embolism or PE and is a common cause of sudden, unexpected death.
  • have: For example, if the person has an air embolism in the arteries carrying blood to the brain, it may cause seizures.
  • suffer: However, no tests were performed to determine whether or not he had suffered a pulmonary embolism.
  • prevent: These drugs will help keep the clot from increasing in size and help prevent pulmonary embolism.
  • avoid: The backup diver was no doubt instructed not to buddy breathe to avoid an embolism.

Converse of subject

complicate: Very rarely, severe OHSS may be complicated by pulmonary embolism, ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction.

Adjective modifier

  • pulmonary: You may also have your lungs scanned to check for a pulmonary embolism.
  • amniotic: There were five deaths due to amniotic fluid embolism ( where the fluid enters the mother's circulation ), fewer than previous reports.
  • paradoxical: Even if paradoxical embolism was the cause of the initial event, as patients age strokes may recur for other reasons.
  • arterial: This results in an arterial embolism, hence the term paradoxical embolism.
  • fatal: Seasonal variation in fatal pulmonary embolism has been well documented by at least 23 reports comprising nearly 11 000 cases.
  • cerebral: Potential source of cerebral embolism in migraine with aura: a transcranial Doppler study.

Modifies a noun

stocking: After being kitted out with gorgeous hospital gowns and anti embolism stockings we sat around for a few hours just waiting.

Noun used with modifier

  • gas: One risk specifically associated with keyhole surgery is gas embolism.
  • air: In the bends, the air embolism is a bubble of nitrogen.
  • blood-clot: Anticoagulant drugs are commonly used to prevent problems such as strokes from blood-clot embolism.

Preposition: in

  • patient: Spiral computed tomography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in critically ill surgical patients: a comparison with pulmonary angiography.
  • artery: An embolism in an artery in the brain causes the cells fed by that artery to die - a form of stroke.

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