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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 air embolism 名詞
 氣栓塞,氣泡栓塞,空氣栓塞症

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 air embolism
      n 1: 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 [syn: aeroembolism, gas embolism]
      2: pain resulting from rapid change in pressure [syn: decompression
          sickness, aeroembolism, gas embolism, caisson
          disease, bends]