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GAS EMBOLISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
Synonyms:
aeroembolism; air embolism; bends; caisson disease; decompression sickness; gas embolism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("gas embolism" 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 diving
Synonyms:
aeroembolism; air embolism; gas embolism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("gas embolism" is a kind of...):
embolism (occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle))
