肺はい塞そく栓せん

noun

pulmonary embolism; pulmonary thromboembolism

Medical term for a blockage in a lung artery, usually by a blood clot.

• 肺はい塞そく栓せんは、深しん部ぶ静じょう脈みゃく血けっ栓せん症しょうの合がっ併ぺい症しょうとして起おこることがあります。

  Pulmonary embolism can occur as a complication of deep vein thrombosis.