Cardiovascular
embolism
EM-boh-lizm
StatusNew
Definition
Obstruction of a blood vessel by a traveling clot or foreign matter
PathologyCardiovascular
Breakdown
Etymology
Greek: embol/o (plug) + -ism (condition)
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