pulmonary embolism

1. 1.

   blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot

   Broaderembolism

Questions about pulmonary embolism

What does pulmonary embolism mean?

pulmonary embolism means "blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot".

Is pulmonary embolism a common word?

pulmonary embolism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.