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Definition of Gas embolism
1. Noun. 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.
2. Noun. Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure.
Generic synonyms: Illness, Malady, Sickness, Unwellness
Medical Definition of Gas embolism
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gas Embolism
Literary usage of Gas embolism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"gas embolism of the Cerebral Arteries (Caisson Disease, Diver's Disease) Divers,
or workers in caissons, under pressure of three to four atmospheres, ..."
2. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1992)
"Treatment of gas embolism. This table is to be used only in cases where it is
not possible to determine whether the symptoms are caused by arterial gas ..."
3. Pulmonary tuberculosis by Maurice Fishberg (1919)
"gas embolism.—When the manometer is not properly consulted, ... Wolff-Eisner,1
while agreeing that in most instances it is due to gas embolism, ..."
4. Diseases of occupation and vocational hygiene by George Martin Kober, William Clinton Hanson (1916)
"Brain: unconsciousness, stupor, and collapse may be due to cerebral gas embolism
or the resulting oedema, or are secondary to circulatory failure due to ..."
5. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1905)
"It had been proved by experiments on animals that gas embolism could occur, but
it puzzled him to understand how a mechanical explanation, especially with a ..."
6. Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques by Camran Nezhat (2000)
"If a large vessel entry is not noticed on insertion of the Veress needle,
intravascular insufflation with CO2 may lead to a gas embolism and even death.36 ..."
7. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"gas embolism of the Cerebral Arteries (Caisson Disease, Diver's Disease) Divers,
or workers in caissons, under pressure of three to four atmospheres, ..."
8. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1992)
"Treatment of gas embolism. This table is to be used only in cases where it is
not possible to determine whether the symptoms are caused by arterial gas ..."
9. Pulmonary tuberculosis by Maurice Fishberg (1919)
"gas embolism.—When the manometer is not properly consulted, ... Wolff-Eisner,1
while agreeing that in most instances it is due to gas embolism, ..."
10. Diseases of occupation and vocational hygiene by George Martin Kober, William Clinton Hanson (1916)
"Brain: unconsciousness, stupor, and collapse may be due to cerebral gas embolism
or the resulting oedema, or are secondary to circulatory failure due to ..."
11. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1905)
"It had been proved by experiments on animals that gas embolism could occur, but
it puzzled him to understand how a mechanical explanation, especially with a ..."
12. Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques by Camran Nezhat (2000)
"If a large vessel entry is not noticed on insertion of the Veress needle,
intravascular insufflation with CO2 may lead to a gas embolism and even death.36 ..."
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