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

1 sense of fat embolism

Sense 1
fat embolism -- (serious condition in which fat blocks an artery; fat can enter the blood stream after a long bone is fractured or if adipose tissue is injured or as a result of a fatty liver)
       => embolism -- (occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle))