paradoxical embolism

English

Etymology

The term was coined by Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn in 1885

Noun

paradoxical embolism (countable and uncountable, plural paradoxical embolisms)

1. (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).