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embolization

[ em-buh-luh-zey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. obstruction of a blood vessel or organ by an embolus.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of embolization1

First recorded in 1945–50; embol(us) + -ization
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Neff’s spleen ruptured and she nearly had it removed, but surgeons used a special procedure called embolization to save it.

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He proposed an embolization, a procedure that involves placing coils in ovarian veins to prevent blood from pooling.

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She spent a week at Walter Reed military hospital in May 2018 after undergoing an embolization procedure to treat what her office said was a benign kidney condition.

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White House doctors have also refused to provide a full accounting of why the first lady, Melania Trump, visited Walter Reed in 2018 for what they described as a routine embolization procedure “to treat a benign kidney condition.â€

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The medical examiner determined she died from complications of systemic embolization of silicone injections for cosmetic augmentation.

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