air embolism

noun

1. the presence in the tissues and blood of a gas, such as air or nitrogen bubbles, caused by an injection of air or, in the case of nitrogen, by an abrupt and substantial reduction in the ambient pressure See decompression sickness

Example Sentences

Its dangers—infection, air embolism, intravascular clotting, sudden death—are matters of record.

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Danger from air embolism is exceedingly doubtful, unless great quantities were forced into a large vein by artificial means.

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