emboli
- plural of embolus.
Example Sentences
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Andrew Ladores passed on June 2 at the age of 49 due to pulmonary emboli that irreparably damaged his lungs and kidneys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
The lung problem, pulmonary emboli, had been dogging him for 20 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2021
The medical examiner determined the victim died from systemic silicone emboli caused when unencapsulated silicone entered the bloodstream and caused an embolism.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2019
How do they escape the “bends”? The phenomenon where dissolved nitrogen resurfaces as bubbles causing emboli?
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2018
Less commonly abscesses are found in the liver or spleen, originating either from emboli which have already made the pulmonary circuit or from thrombi in the pulmonary veins.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
