A mass, such as an air bubble, a detached blood clot, or a foreign body, that travels through the bloodstream and lodges so as to obstruct or occlude a blood vessel.
A pulmonary embolism occurs when a venous clot (thrombus) dislodges and travels through the circulatory system and becomes trapped in the lungs. The resulting blockage prevents oxygen exchange and can cause difficultybreathing, coughing up of blood and even instant death if the clot is big enough.
I had a deep venous thrombosis in my leg and then it dislodged which gave me a pulmonary embolism. Then I died.
(n.) embonusment: a form of embezzlement involving authorization of year-end bonuses in failing banks and investment firms, financed by government bailouts
(v.) to embonus
The insolvency of many Wall Street firms did not prevent widespread embonusment, as industryprofessionals took whatever they could before the lights went out.
one who harbours a sexual attraction to emos and their lifestyle, who are not necessarily emo themselves but may posses traits of that lifestyle.
a person who would work to transition someone from emo through romance and love
a type of poetry with significant tones of longing, sex, angst, -and- non-conformity together, mostly free verse, sometimes to describe in vague, creative detail a heated congregation.
wow, that dark haired chick with the stretched ears and tatty is giving me emolust.
Mexican slang from Monterrey City. Means "you make me happy" or "I adore you" not used for romanticism often, but can be said when talking about something someone really likes. (Food, person, some celebrity or song) Almost every noun.