paradoxical embolism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The term was coined by Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn in 1885
Noun[edit]
paradoxical embolism (countable and uncountable, plural paradoxical embolisms)
- (pathology) A free-floating mass, located inside blood vessels, that can travel from one site in the blood stream to another. It may be solid (like a blood clot), liquid (like amniotic fluid), or gas (like air).