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

1 sense of pulmonary embolism

Sense 1
pulmonary embolism -- (blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot)
       => embolism -- (occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle))