gas embolism
1gas embolism — noun 1. obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving • Syn: ↑air embolism, ↑aeroembolism • Hypernyms: ↑embolism 2. pain… …
2Cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) — Gas bubbles traveling and lodging (embolizing) in the arteries that supply the brain with blood (and oxygen). Gas emboli in the brain can lead to a stroke like condition with disorientation, difficulty walking and talking, coma, and death. For… …
3embolism — gas bubble disease (supersaturated gases (>115 125%) in water entering the the body fluids of fish causing bubbles, an embolism. Often seen in gills, eyes, skin and yolk sacs where membranes are the most gas permeable. Fish often swim upside down …
4arterial gas embolism — a condition characterized by air bubbles released from ruptured lung air pockets (alveoli) into the pulmonary circulation. The bubbles then travel to the arterial circulation, where they may block blood flow in the small arteries or capillaries… …
5Embolism — The obstruction of a blood vessel by a foreign substance or a blood clot blocking the vessel. Something travels through the bloodstream, lodges in a vessel and plugs it. Foreign substances that can cause embolism include an air bubble, amniotic… …
6embolism — embolismic, adj. /em beuh liz euhm/, n. 1. Pathol. the occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. 2. intercalation, as of a day in a year. 3. a period of time intercalated. 4. (in a Eucharistic service) the prayer following the final petitions of …
7Embolism, pulmonary — The obstruction of the pulmonary artery or a branch of it leading to the lungs by a blood clot, usually from the leg, or foreign material causing sudden closure of the vessel. (Embolus is from the Greek embolos meaning plug.) The risk factors for …
8gas bubble disease — supersaturated gases (>115 125%) in water entering the the body fluids of fish causing bubbles, an embolism. Often seen in gills, eyes, skin and yolk sacs where membranes are the most gas permeable. Fish often swim upside down or vertically,… …
9Air embolism — Infobox Disease Name = Air embolism Caption = DiseasesDB = 313 ICD10 = ICD10|O|88|0|o|85, ICD10|T|79|0|t|79 ICD9 = ICD9|673.0, ICD9|999.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 787 MeshID = D004618 An air embolism, or… …
10air embolism — noun 1. obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving • Syn: ↑aeroembolism, ↑gas embolism • Hypernyms: ↑embolism 2. pain… …
