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AEROEMBOLISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aeroembolism mean? 

AEROEMBOLISM (noun)
  The noun AEROEMBOLISM has 2 senses:

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 divingplay

2. pain resulting from rapid change in pressureplay

  Familiarity information: AEROEMBOLISM used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AEROEMBOLISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

aeroembolism; air embolism; gas embolism

Hypernyms ("aeroembolism" is a kind of...):

embolism (occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle))


Sense 2

Meaning:

Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

aeroembolism; air embolism; bends; caisson disease; decompression sickness; gas embolism

Hypernyms ("aeroembolism" is a kind of...):

illness; malady; sickness; unwellness (impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism)


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