The obstruction or closure of a vessel by an embolus.
Obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot or foreign substance, such as air and fat.
Sudden obstruction of the blood vessel by a solid body such as a clot carried in the blood stream.
The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot or mass of foreign material.
blockage of a blood vessel by a blood clot, a piece of tissue, an air bubble, or a foreign object
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.
When a piece of solid material, usually a blood clot, travels to elsewhere in the body and blocks an artery, causing damage to the organ/s involved search for Embolism
the blocking of a blood vessel or organ by pieces of matter such as fat.
A blockage of a blood vessel caused by an abnormal particle -- like an air bubble -- circulating in the blood.
Sudden blockage of a blood vessel by an embolus. See Embolus.
occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
a blockage and can be emulated by injecting air
a blockage of a blood vessel, as by a blood clot or bubble of air
a blockage that plugs up an artery in the body and slows or even stops blood flow to the area of the body supplied by the artery
a blood clot that breaks off from the wall of a vein and travels with the blood to other organs in the body
a clot that travels from the site where it formed to another location in the body
a dangerous obstruction of blood
a dislodged blood clot that has traveled through the blood vessels and it becomes wedged in an artery
a mobile blood clot that usually occurs after a surgical procedure, particularly if the patient has been lying immobile in bed for several days
an obstruction in a blood vessel due to a blood clot or other foreign matter
a total or partial blockage of a blood vessel that impedes or stops blood flow
A body in the circulation that obstructs blood flow. There are a number of types of emboli, including thromboemboli (blood clots in the circulation), fat emboli (due, for example, to release of fat globules into the circulation from bone marrow as can occur in fractures accompanying traumatic accidents), and air emboli (due, for example, to faulty injection technique).
The sudden blocking of an artery by a clot or foreign material, which has been brought to its site of lodgement by the blood current.
a term used to describe the blockage of a blood vessel by a blood clot originating in another area of the body, usually the heart.
Blocked blood vessel by a blood clot.
the consequence of a blockage caused by an embolus reaching a blood vessel through which it cannot pass
is when a blood vessel or organ is blocked by a substance like fat or a bubble of air or other material.
The blockage of a blood vessel by an embolus - something previously circulating in the blood (such as a blood clot, gas bubble, tissue, bacteria, bone marrow, cholesterol, fat, etc.).
Obstruction of a vessel by an abnormal body, usually a detached blood clot.
The obstruction of a blood vessel by a foreign substance or a blood clot blocking the vessel. Those traveling and lodging in the brain cause strokes; if it lodges in the heart, it would cause a heart attack.
Sudden blockage of an artery by a clot or foreign material carried and deposited by the blood current.
obstruction of a blood vessel by a transported clot.
(EM-bul-izm) A block in an artery caused by blood clots or other substances, such as fat globules, infected tissue, or cancer cells.
same as 'cavitation.' Technically an imbolism is a blockage in the movement of materials in a tube or conduit.
The name of an event where clots detach from their source and migrate through the circulation to another blood vessel or body organ.
Air or gas bubbles in the arterial (artery: a vessel conveying blood from the heart) system caused by gas or air passing into the pulmonary (lung) veins after rupture of the alveoli (air cells of the lung).
The obstruction of a blood vessel by a foreign substance or a blood clot blocking the vessel. Something travels through the bloodstream, lodges in a vessel and plugs it. See the entire definition of Embolism
Obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus.
The sudden blocking of an artery, most often caused by a blood clot.
Obstruction or blockage of a vessel (e.g., artery) by an embolus (i.e., a plug, wedge or mass that obstructs blood vessels).
the sudden obstruction of a blood vessel by an embolus
Obstruction (blockage) of a blood vessel by foreign substances. The foreign substance could be fat, an air bubble or any of a number of substances. Blood clots are the most common type of embolus.
a clot or particle carried in the bloodstream that blocks the passage of blood
Sudden blocking of an artery by a clot or a bit of foreign material brought to the site by the bloodstream; usually a blood clot but may be a fat globule, air bubble, piece of tissue, or a clump of bacteria.
Occlusion of a blood vessel by particles such as fat or air.
Blocking of a blood vessel by a clot or other substance that travels through the blood stream.
Sudden arterial blockage by a clot or other material carried by the bloodstream.
obstruction or occlusion of a vessel by an embolus (e.g., blood clot).
The sudden blocking of an artery by a particle (embolus), such as a thrombus, debris or an air bubble circulating in the blood stream.
The sudden blocking of a blood vessel by an embolus; one cause of ischemic stroke.
A detached blood clot that blocks circulation in a blood vessel to a part of a body.
Sudden blockage of an artery or vein by a blood clot that traveled through the blood stream from a different point of origin.
Blockage of an artery by a blood clot that is carried to the site through the bloodstream. When a clot lodges in an artery of the brain or neck, it can cause ischemic stroke.
(embolisma - a piece or patch/ something thrust in) Embolism is the obstruction or occlusion of a vessel by a transported clot, gas, a mass of bacteria or by any other foreign material.
Sudden blockage of a blood vessel caused by a blood clot or other material.
a migration of a fragment of tissue or a blood clot into an artery. Arteries divide into smaller and smaller arteries. When an embolus arrives at an artery that is too small for him, it stops and blocks the arterial circulation in that artery. Oxygen can no longer reach the tissues vascularized by that artery, and they become necrosed (infarction).
Obstruction of blood externally.
A blood clot that develops in one part of the body and travels to another. (See Pulmonary Embolism); Obstruction of a blood vessel by the impaction of a solid body (eg., thrombi, fat globules, tumor cells) or an air bubble.
The blocking of a blood vessel by a blood clot that has formed in one place, has traveled to another point in the circulatory system and has lodged at that point.
the sudden blocking of an artery by a clot of material ( embolus). The process of the formation of an embolus.
an abnormal circulatory condition, in which the embolus (a foreign object, air or gas, bit of a tissue or tumor, or a piece of a thrombus [clot]) that circulates in the bloodstream until it becomes lodged in a vessel.
Obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot, air bubble, fat deposit, or other foreign substance.
An embolism occurs when an embolus traveling though the blood stream and lodges in a small vessel to block blood flow (see also pulmonary embolism).
An embolism is the sudden blockage of a blood vessel, usually by a blood clot or air bubble.
A blood clot that forms in one part of the body and travels to another part. The clot commonly travels to the heart or the lung obstructing an artery, can be life threatening
In medicine, an embolism occurs when an object (the embolus, plural emboli) migrates from one part of the body (through circulation) and cause(s) a blockage (occlusion) of a blood vessel in another part of the body.