English Explanatory Dictionary

paradoxical embolism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A free-floating mass, located inside blood vessels, that can travel from one site in the blood stream to another. It may be solid (like a blood clot), liquid (like amniotic fluid), or gas (like air).

Word forms

paradoxical embolism paradoxical embolisms

Etymology

The term was coined by Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn in 1885

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