embolus

英 ['embələs]美 ['ɛmbələs]
  • n. [病理] 栓子；栓塞物

中文词源

embolus 栓子

em-, 进入，使。-bol, 扔，掷，镶嵌，词源同ballistic, problem, symbol.

英文词源

embolus (n.)
1660s, "stopper, wedge," from Latin embolus "piston of a pump," from Greek embolos "peg, stopper; anything pointed so as to be easily thrust in," also "a tongue (of land), beak (of a ship)," from emballein "to insert, throw in, invade" (see emblem). Medical sense in reference to obstruction of a blood vessel is from 1866. Related: Embolic.

双语例句

1. I think she's a prime candidate for a pulmonary embolus.
我认为她初步的原因是肺部的拴塞物.
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2. Such a saddle embolus is a cause for sudden death.
鞍状栓子是猝死原因.
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3. Obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel an embolus.
血液流经心脏和血管的运动.
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4. What is the incidence and mortality from amniotic fluid embolus ( AFE )?
羊水栓塞 ( AFE ) 的发生率和死亡率?
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5. Such an embolus will kill your patient.
这种栓子可导致病人死亡.
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