Noun (thing)
    
  
    Pulmonary embolism  
          
      
          
      
      
   
  
                  
                            
              
  
                  
                            
              
  
    
        a blood clot in the lungs        
          
      
          
      
      
    
  
      Patients with a high likelihood of pulmonary embolisms should undergo diagnostic imaging.