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embolus
[ em-buh-luhs ]
noun
- undissolved material carried by the blood and impacted in some part of the vascular system, as thrombi or fragments of thrombi, tissue fragments, clumps of bacteria, protozoan parasites, fat globules, or gas bubbles.
embolus
/ ˈɛ³¾²úÉ™±ôÉ™²õ /
noun
- material, such as part of a blood clot or an air bubble, that is transported by the blood stream until it becomes lodged within a small vessel and impedes the circulation Compare thrombus
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of embolus1
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Example Sentences
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.
An embolus can occur when amniotic fluid gets into the maternal bloodstream.
Continuing his closing speech for a second day, Mr Myers told Manchester Crown Court the "overarching theory of air embolus" was at the "heart" of this case.
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".
He also went on to say that Dr Evans did not have any empirical research to back up his claims about the effects of air embolus.
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