Definition of embolization in English:
embolization
(British embolisation)
nounˌɛmbəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)nˌembələˈzāSH(ə)n
mass nounMedicine The artificial or natural formation or development of an embolus.
〔医〕栓塞（现象）
Example sentencesExamples
- Pre-operative angiography and embolisation was carried out.
- The use of a peripherally inserted central catheter is occasionally complicated by intravascular fracture and central embolization of the catheter fragment.
- Complications of these aneurysms include thrombosis with embolization, rupture, and erosion into the cardiac chamber with resulting fistula and hemothorax.
- Cholesterol embolisation is a common complication of arteriography, vascular surgery, thrombolysis, and anticoagulation in elderly patients, but the diagnosis is often not considered.
- Patients with menorrhagia or postmenopausal bleeding secondary to uterine myomas and without contraindications to angiography and embolization were considered for participation in the study.