1. Serious condition in which fat blocks an artery; fat can enter the blood stream after a long bone is fractured or if adipose tissue is injured or as a result of a fatty liver

Type of: embolism

Encyclopedia: Fat embolism

• male plug
• male reproductive gland
• male reproductive system
• male sibling
• male-patterned baldness
• maleate
• maleberry
• Malebranche
• Malecite
• maledict
• malediction
• malefaction
• malefactor
• malefic
• maleficence
• maleficent
• maleic acid
• malemute
• maleness
• maleo
• Maleseet
• Malevich
• malevolence
• malevolency
• malevolent