air embolism   (TTS Sound)

The noun air 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)