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PULMONARY EMBOLISM

Pronunciation (US):

• PULMONARY EMBOLISM (noun)
The noun PULMONARY EMBOLISM has 1 sense:

1. blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot

Familiarity information: PULMONARY EMBOLISM used as a noun is very rare.

• PULMONARY EMBOLISM (noun)

Sense 1

pulmonary embolism ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pulmonary embolism" is a kind of...):

embolism (occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle))

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