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    AEROEMBOLISM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Pain resulting from rapid change in pressureplay

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

    Sense 2

    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 divingplay

    Synonyms:

    aeroembolism; air embolism; gas embolism

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("aeroembolism" 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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