embolus

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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".

From BBC • May 18, 2023

"It was a pretty stark description of what sounded to be air embolus to me," she said.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2022

Fat in the bloodstream after an injury like mine signaled the possibility of a fat embolus, a rare but potentially fatal complication of long-bone fractures.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2015

Alternatively, plaque can break off and travel through the bloodstream as an embolus until it blocks a more distant, smaller artery.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Detachment of a portion of the thrombus, according to Hoare, may result in the lodgment of an embolus in the brain or kidneys.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor