embolus

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However those arguments were rejected as three senior judges concluded there had been no prosecution expert evidence diagnosing air embolus solely on the basis of skin discolouration.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025

An embolus can occur when amniotic fluid gets into the maternal bloodstream.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023

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

An embolus that is carried through the bloodstream can be large enough to block a vessel critical to a major organ.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Although most emboli are detached portions of thrombi, any foreign body of suitable size may become an embolus.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various