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pulmonary embolisms

pulmonary embolisms is the plural of pulmonary embolism.

Meaning of pulmonary embolism

Noun

pulmonary embolism (plural pulmonary embolisms, abbreviation PE)

  1. The embolism or obstruction of a pulmonary artery, usually by a detached blood clot from a leg or pelvic vein, which causes a stoppage of blood into the lungs; symptoms include shortness of breath, chest pain, fainting, and sometimes death.

Questions about pulmonary embolisms

What is pulmonary embolisms the plural of?
Pulmonary embolisms is the plural of pulmonary embolism.

Words near pulmonary embolisms in the dictionary

  1. pulmonary circulations
  2. pulmonary docimasia
  3. pulmonary edema
  4. pulmonary edemas
  5. pulmonary embolism
  6. pulmonary embolisms
  7. pulmonary emphysema
  8. pulmonary emphysemas
  9. pulmonary fibroses
  10. pulmonary fibrosis
  11. pulmonary function test

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