On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Embolism. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as intercalation or interval and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Embolism meaning
- An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.
- The insertion or intercalation of days into the calendar in order to correct the error arising from the difference between the civil year and the solar year.
- An intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil coming after the Lord's Prayer.
Synonyms of Embolism
Using Embolism
- The main meaning on this page is: An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream. | The insertion or intercalation of days into the calendar in order to correct the error arising from the difference between the civil year and the solar year. | An intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil coming after the Lord's Prayer.
- Useful related words include: intercalation, time interval, interval, occlusion.
- In the example corpus, embolism often appears in combinations such as: pulmonary embolism, embolism and, fat embolism.
Context around Embolism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Embolism
- In this selection, "embolism" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pulmonary, fat, fluid, caused, secondary and marozsan stand out and add context to how "embolism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a pulmonary embolism and a pulmonary embolism caused by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "embolism" sits close to words such as abominable, acolytes and acv, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with embolism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Issues include fat embolism and infections. (6 words)
Saurabh Sharma suffered a pulmonary embolism, said doctors. (8 words)
Emily Harkleroad, 31, died due to a pulmonary embolism in 2022. (11 words)
One of the most worrying complications from BBLs is fat embolism, which is when fat cells get into the blood stream and travel to a vital organ like the heart or lungs where they may trigger internal bleeding and can prove fatal. (42 words)
The “general consensus” among the doctors was that had the ambulance been summoned when Ms Yeong’s blood oxygen fell with no ostensible cause, she “would have had a chance” of surviving the fat embolism. (35 words)
Aly Jenkins, a member of Sherry Anderson's rink, died Sunday during childbirth at the age of 30. Doctors determined amniotic fluid had entered her blood stream, setting off a rare amniotic fluid embolism. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
An inquest heard he suffered a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis (DVT) – a clot which formed after he sprained his ankle during a fall in London nine days earlier.
Issues include fat embolism and infections.
On October 31 last year, she tragically died having suffered a pulmonary embolism.
Emily Harkleroad, 31, died due to a pulmonary embolism in 2022.
He was seen at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness where there were no signs of abnormality but he died at home three weeks later after a pulmonary embolism secondary to a right leg DVT.
His daughter Jamila Pamoja-Thomas said the cause was a pulmonary embolism.
However, the tale took a tragic turn when Mr Godleman was found dead in his flat about 10 days ago, due to a pulmonary embolism.
Just four days after his pulmonary embolism, Mr Pretty was discharged from hospital and was fit enough to recover at home.
One of the most worrying complications from BBLs is fat embolism, which is when fat cells get into the blood stream and travel to a vital organ like the heart or lungs where they may trigger internal bleeding and can prove fatal.
Primary causes of death included sudden cardiac death, which happened in 35% of cases, pulmonary embolism and myocardial infarction, which occurred in 12.5% and 12% of the cases respectively.
Aly Jenkins, a member of Sherry Anderson's rink, died Sunday during childbirth at the age of 30. Doctors determined amniotic fluid had entered her blood stream, setting off a rare amniotic fluid embolism.
Had it not been for his impeccable dietary habits, he would not have survived the massive blood clot that travelled towards his heart, sending him to the ICU with a pulmonary embolism.
The cause was cardiac arrest brought on by a pulmonary embolism, said Rob Vaczy, a close friend and neighbor.
The “general consensus” among the doctors was that had the ambulance been summoned when Ms Yeong’s blood oxygen fell with no ostensible cause, she “would have had a chance” of surviving the fat embolism.
A pulmonary embolism Marozsan for three months of Lyon’s 2018-19 season.
Brittany Oswell suffered a massive pulmonary embolism on an American Airlines flight in April 2016.
Fatal adverse reactions occurred in 3.7% of patients and consisted of pneumonia (2 patients), sudden death, dyspnea, respiratory failure, pulmonary embolism, bacterial meningitis and urosepsis (1 patient each).
In a preview for Monday's (September 30) episode of "", the reality TV star learns he was suffering from a pulmonary embolism in the heart.
Saurabh Sharma suffered a pulmonary embolism, said doctors.
She felt pain and symptoms of the pulmonary embolism, as she had previous previously experienced and was dismissed by nurses and doctors.
Common combinations with embolism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pulmonary embolism 23×
- embolism and 6×
- fat embolism 3×
- embolism in 3×
- embolism is 3×
- an embolism 3×
- fluid embolism 2×
- embolism said 2×