Pulmonary embolism is the sudden blockage of a major blood vessel (artery) in the lung, usually by a blood clot . In most cases, the clots are small and are not deadly, but they can damage the lung. But if the clot is large and stops blood flow to the lung, it can be deadly.
The term chiaroscuro (from the Italian words chiaro, meaning light, and scuro, meaning dark) refers to the use of light and shade in a work of art to define three-dimensional objects. Masters of this technique were the Italians Leonardo da Vinci and Caravaggio and the Dutch painter Rembrandt.
Laparoscopic: 1. Pertaining to the procedure of laparoscopy. 2. Pertaining to a laparoscope, the instrument by which laparoscopy is done. 3. Performed by laparoscopy. 4. Performed with a laparoscope. Laparoscopic comes from two Greek words. The first is lapara, which means the soft parts of the body between the rib margins and hips, or, more simply, the flank or loin. The other Greek root is skopein, which means to see or view or examine.