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gas embolism

 
Noun gas embolism has 2 senses
  1. air embolism, aeroembolism, gas embolism - 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
    --1 is a kind of embolism
  2. decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends - pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
    --2 is a kind of illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
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