embolectomy
noun
em·bo·lec·to·my
ˌem-bə-ˈlek-tə-mē 
plural embolectomies
: surgical removal of an embolus
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When one surgeon at a field hospital asked for arterial embolectomy catheters, for treating clogs in arteries, Abiyeva found another volunteer in St. Petersburg, Russia, to make the 700-mile trip to deliver 10 of them immediately.
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Anton Troianovski, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2022
When one surgeon at a field hospital asked for arterial embolectomy catheters, for treating clogs in arteries, Ms. Abiyeva found another volunteer in St. Petersburg to make the 700-mile trip to deliver 10 of them immediately.
—New York Times, 28 May 2022
This specific type of embolectomy removes blood clots from the lungs by making a small incision near the groin, inserting a catheter and removing the clots using a special device.
—Hannah Drown, cleveland, 31 Oct. 2019
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Anton Troianovski, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2022
When one surgeon at a field hospital asked for arterial embolectomy catheters, for treating clogs in arteries, Ms. Abiyeva found another volunteer in St. Petersburg to make the 700-mile trip to deliver 10 of them immediately.
—New York Times, 28 May 2022
This specific type of embolectomy removes blood clots from the lungs by making a small incision near the groin, inserting a catheter and removing the clots using a special device.
—Hannah Drown, cleveland, 31 Oct. 2019
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embolectomy
noun
em·bo·lec·to·my
ˌem-bə-ˈlek-tə-mē
plural embolectomies
: surgical removal of an embolus
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