PULMONARY EMBOLISM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pulmonary 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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