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PULMONARY EMBOLISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pulmonary 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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