At least 10% of individuals with pulmonary embolism die within the first hour.
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Embolism
//ˈɛmbəlɪzəm//
Synonyms for "embolism" (34 found)
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Related words (17)
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13 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 30 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- embolisme noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Bulgarian
1 entries- емболия noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Catalan
2 entries- embolisme noun (insertion of days into the calendar)
- embòlia noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 栓塞 noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Czech
1 entries- embolie noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Danish
1 entries- emboli noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Dutch
1 entries- embolie noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Esperanto
1 entries- embolio noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Finnish
1 entries- embolia noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
French
2 entries- embolie noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
- embolisme noun (insertion of days into the calendar)
German
1 entries- Embolie noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Greek
2 entries- εμβολή noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
- εμβολισμός noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Hungarian
1 entries- embólia noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Icelandic
1 entries- blóðrek noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Ido
1 entries- embolio noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Irish
1 entries- eambólacht noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Italian
1 entries- embolia noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Japanese
1 entries- 塞栓 noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Kazakh
1 entries- эмболия noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Korean
1 entries- 색전증 noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- эмболия noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Lithuanian
1 entries- embolija noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Malay
1 entries- embolik noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Polish
1 entries- zator noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Portuguese
1 entries- embolia noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Russian
1 entries- эмболи́я noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Slovak
1 entries- embólia noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Spanish
2 entries- embolia noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
- embolismo noun (insertion of days into the calendar)
Swedish
1 entries- emboli noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Turkish
1 entries- embolizm noun (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Mary's in the hospital with a pulmonary embolism.
Source: tatoeba (9969611)
Tom's in the hospital with a pulmonary embolism.
Source: tatoeba (9969713)
Authorities differ as to the manner in which the Arabs practised embolism: some say, they added a month to every third year; others, that they intercalated seven months in a period of nineteen years ; and others, nine months in twenty-four years.
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