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air embolism
(redirected from gas embolism)

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air embolism: see embolus embolus (ĕm`bələs), foreign matter circulating in and obstructing a blood vessel.
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air embolism [¦er ′em·bə‚liz·əm]
(medicine)


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Emergency room physicians diagnosed the boy with a cerebral gas embolism - a temporary stroke caused by air bubbles in the bloodstream.
 
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