脳のう塞そく栓せん

noun

cerebral embolism

Medical term for a blockage in a brain artery caused by an embolus.

• 脳のう塞そく栓せんは、心しん臓ぞうなどから血けっ栓せんが飛とんで脳のうの血けっ管かんを詰つまらせる病びょう気きです。

  Cerebral embolism is a condition in which a blood clot from the heart or elsewhere travels and blocks a blood vessel in the brain.