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an insertion into a calendar occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
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| embolism |
Sudden obstruction of the blood vessel by a solid body such as a clot carried in the blood stream.
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| embolism |
the sudden blocking of an artery by an embolus carried to the site by the blood flow.
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| embolism |
The sudden blocking of an artery by a clot or foreign material which has been brought to its site of lodgment by the blood current.
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| embolism |
A blood clot that breaks off and travels around the body until it enters a blood vessel too narrow for it to continue. The blockage of this blood vessel then causes damage downstream of the embolism due to lack of oxygen and nutrients getting to this tissue.
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