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FAT EMBOLISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serious condition in which fat blocks an artery; fat can enter the blood stream after a long bone is fractured or if adipose tissue is injured or as a result of a fatty liver
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("fat embolism" is a kind of...):
embolism (occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle))
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