embolus
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Origin of embolus
1660–70; < Latin: piston < Greek émbolos stopper, equivalent to em- em- 2 + bólos a throw, akin to bállein to throw
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An embolus can occur when amniotic fluid gets into the maternal bloodstream.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2023
Continuing his closing speech for a second day, Mr Myers told Manchester Crown Court the "overarching theory of air embolus" was at the "heart" of this case.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 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
This is often caused by an embolus, which may be a blood clot or fat deposit.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Since emboli are frequently lodged near the surfaces of organs, a septic pleurisy, pericarditis, or peritonitis is the usual result of the dissemination of the virus contained in the embolus.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Several months into the pandemic, doctors and scientists began to recognize that the coronavirus was causing blood clots, leading to strokes, heart attacks and emboli.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
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 death rate following the procedure was found to be 1 in 3,000 and all the fatal cases investigated featured fat emboli being found in the buttock muscle, he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2018
How do they escape the “bends”? The phenomenon where dissolved nitrogen resurfaces as bubbles causing emboli?
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2018
The numerous and thin walled blood-vessels present in the rapidly growing sarcoma permit an extension of the latter into their interior, and thus a ready opportunity is offered for the formation of emboli.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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