Term: air embolism: obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving
Broader: embolism: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) | Unrelated: voting system: a legal system for making democratic choices
Broader: embolism: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) | Unrelated: red spruce: medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood
Broader: embolism: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) | Unrelated: grinding: material resulting from the process of grinding
Broader: embolism: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) | Unrelated: cowpea: fruit or seed of the cowpea plant
Broader: embolism: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) | Unrelated: hardness: the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
Broader: embolism: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) | Unrelated: council on environmental policy: the executive agency that advises the President on protecting the environment
Broader: embolism: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) | Unrelated: washout: the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
Broader: embolism: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) | Unrelated: quantum: (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
Broader: embolism: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) | Unrelated: great auk: large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct
Broader: embolism: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) | Unrelated: purple apricot: small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit