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air embolism
Overview of noun air-embolism
The noun air embolism has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. air embolism, aeroembolism, gas embolism -- (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)
2. decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends -- (pain resulting from rapid change in pressure)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun air-embolism
2 senses of air embolism
Sense 1
air embolism, aeroembolism, gas embolism
=> embolism
=> occlusion
=> attack
=> affliction
=> trouble
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends
=> illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
=> ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
=> pathological state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun air-embolism
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun air-embolism
2 senses of air embolism
Sense 1
air embolism, aeroembolism, gas embolism
=> embolism
Sense 2
decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends
=> illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
Antonyms of noun air-embolism
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Holonyms of noun air-embolism
Attributes of noun air-embolism
Derived Forms of noun air-embolism
Domain of noun air-embolism
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Familiarity of noun air-embolism
air embolism used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun air-embolism
2 senses of air embolism
Sense 1
air embolism, aeroembolism, gas embolism
> embolism
=> air embolism, aeroembolism, gas embolism
=> fat embolism
=> pulmonary embolism
Sense 2
decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends
> illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
=> ague
=> amyloidosis
=> anuresis, anuria
=> catastrophic illness
=> collapse
=> decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends
=> food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder
=> lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism
=> disease
=> hypermotility
=> indisposition
=> ozone sickness
=> toxemia of pregnancy, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxaemia
=> growth
Meronyms of noun air-embolism
2 senses of air embolism
Sense 1
air embolism, aeroembolism, gas embolism
=> embolism
HAS PART: embolus
Holonyms of noun air-embolism
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