Paradoxical embolism
Etymology
The term was coined by Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn in 1885
Noun
Paradoxical embolism (countable and uncountable, plural Paradoxical embolisms)
- (pathology) is described as a free-floating mass, located inside blood vessels that can travel from one site in the blood stream to another. An embolus can be made up of solid (like a blood clot), liquid (like amniotic fluid), or gas (like air).