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Record 1 2001-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

A bit of matter foreign to the bloodstream, such as blood clot, air, tumor or other tissue cells, fat, cardiac vegetations, clumps of bacteria, or a foreign body (as a needle or bullet) which is carried in the bloodstream until it lodges in a blood vessel and obstructs it.

OBS

"emboli" is the plural form of "embolus".

Key term(s)
  • emboli

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
CONT

Embolie : Obstruction d'un vaisseau sanguin par un embole (caillot sanguin, masse adipeuse, bulle d'air, etc.) flottant dans le sang.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes vasculares (Medicina)
DEF

Cuerpo extraño (trombo, gota de grasa, burbujas de aire, acúmulo de células tumorales o de bacterias, etc.) que trasladado por el torrente sanguíneo se introduce en el vaso y lo ocluye [...]

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