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Embolism(health)
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Medicare (oh) and venous embolism (medicine)


Medicare (oh)



[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: medical + care]
a system by which the US government helps to pay for the medical treatment of old people
-see also Medicaid Medicaid

venous embolism (medicine)


venous embolism -->
retrograde embolism
Embolism of a vein by an embolus carried in a direction opposite to that of the normal blood current, after being diverted into a smaller vein.

Synonym: venous embolism.