Air Embolism

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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

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

5 surface forms

synonym: aeroembolismdecompression sickness
plural: Air Embolisms
possessive: Air Embolism's
pluralpossessive: Air Embolisms'

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