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1. Obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving
   - aeroembolism, gas embolism
    
2. Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
   - decompression sickness, aeroembolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends, the bends

Derived forms: air embolisms

Type of: embolism, illness, malady, sickness, unwellness

Encyclopedia: Air embolism