Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun air_embolism

2 senses of air embolism

Sense 1
air embolism, aeroembolism, gas embolism -- (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)
       => embolism -- (occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle))

Sense 2
decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends -- (pain resulting from rapid change in pressure)
       => illness, unwellness, malady, sickness -- (impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism)