Assertion: embolus | /r/Causes | embolism
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text: A thrombus may detach to become a thrombo-embolus which may then cause an embolism.
text: A thrombus may detach to become a thrombo-embolus which may then cause an embolism.
text: A thrombus may detach to become a thrombo-embolus which may then cause an embolism.
text: As nouns the difference between plaque and embolus is that plaque is any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch while embolus is (pathology) an obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the blood stream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.
text: A thrombus may detach to become a thrombo-embolus which may then cause an embolism.
text: A thrombus may detach to become a thrombo-embolus which may then cause an embolism.
text: A thrombus may detach to become a thrombo-embolus which may then cause an embolism.