FAT EMBOLISM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Serious condition in which fat blocks an artery; fat can enter the blood stream after a long bone is fractured or if adipose tissue is injured or as a result of a fatty liver

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("fat embolism" is a kind of...):

embolism (occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle))

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