Embolus

Written By: Admin | Updated : October 25, 2012 3:13 PM IST

A mass or plug, such as an air bubble, detached blood clot, mass of bacteria or foreign body that travels in the bloodstream and lodges in a blood vessel, thus blocking a vessel.

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