Assertion: embolism | /r/HasProperty | blockage
Facets:
value: by any body
type: MANNER
value: due to an air bubble
type: CAUSE
value: due to a blood clot
type: CAUSE
value: due to a fat globule
type: CAUSE
value: in the bloodstream
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: An embolism (EM-bo-liz-um) is a blockage in the bloodstream, caused by a blood clot, air bubble, fatty tissue, or other substance that plugs a blood vessel.
text: Embolism - it is a block in the course of a blood vessel due to a blood clot, or an air bubble, or a fat globule or any other similar kind of block.
text: An embolism is a blocked artery caused by a foreign body, such as a blood clot or an air bubble.
text: The embolism, on the other hand, is the blocking of blood flow by any body, called a plunger , which moves until it finds a low-caliber vessel and blocks it .
text: An embolism is 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.