How do you pronounce embolism?

embolism is pronounced as /ˈɛmbəˌlɪzəm/.

🩸embolism

noun

/ˈɛmbəˌlɪzəm/

the sudden blockage of a blood vessel by a clot or other foreign matter

The patient suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism.

blockage, obstruction, clot, occlusion

flow, circulation

pulmonary embolism, arterial embolism, embolism risk, embolism treatment

the distance from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing

a person who grows crops or raises animals for food or profit

A small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a cl...

something that encourages activity or development; incentive

a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not cross it

A male domestic chicken, especially one that crows.