Defenition of the word pulmonary embolism

• Defenition of the word pulmonary embolism

  • A blockage of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches, usually occurring when a deep vein blood clot from a vein becomes dislodged from its site of formation and travels, or embolizes, to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs.
  • blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot

Hypernyms for the word pulmonary embolism

• • embolism

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