air embolism
aeroembolism
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noun
the presence in the tissues and blood of a gas, such as air or nitrogen bubbles, caused by an injection of air or, in the case of nitrogen, by an abrupt and substantial reduction in the ambient pressureSee decompression sickness
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How to use air embolism in a sentence
Its dangers—infection, air embolism, intravascular clotting, sudden death—are matters of record.
Danger from air embolism is exceedingly doubtful, unless great quantities were forced into a large vein by artificial means.
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