Search Result:gas embolism
Overview of noun gas_embolism
The noun gas embolism has 2 senses
- 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)
- decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends -- (pain resulting from rapid change in pressure)