GAS EMBOLISM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
   Synonym(s)
   • aeroembolism (what does aeroembolism mean?)
   • air embolism (what does air embolism mean?)
   • bends (what does bends mean?)
   • caisson disease (what does caisson disease mean?)
   • decompression sickness (what does decompression sickness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) gas embolism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • illness (what does illness mean?)
   • unwellness (what does unwellness mean?)
   • malady (what does malady mean?)
   • sickness (what does sickness mean?)
2. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • aeroembolism (what does aeroembolism mean?)
   • air embolism (what does air embolism mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) gas embolism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • embolism (what does embolism mean?)