Etymology

paradoxical embolism

Today it means: A free-floating mass, located inside blood vessels, that can travel from one site in the blood stream to another. It may be solid (like a blood clot), liquid (like amniotic fluid), or gas (like air). Full definition →

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The term was coined by Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn in 1885

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