The suffix dosis or osis, from ancient Greek, simply means an abnormal or diseased state of the word to which it is attached, as in lordosis, scoliosis and kyphosisâ¦ which describe abnormal curvatures of the spine, neurosis an early generic term for certain mental illnesses and endometriosis in which uterine tissue grows elsewhere in ...
1 If the clot travels to the lungs and blocks blood flow, the condition is called pulmonary embolism. 2  Peripheral artery disease (PAD): A narrowing of the peripheral arteries, most commonly in the arteries of the pelvis and legs. 3  PAD is similar to coronary artery disease (CAD) and carotid artery disease. If the clot travels to the lungs and blocks blood flow, the condition is called pulmonary embolism. 2  Peripheral artery disease (PAD): A narrowing of the peripheral arteries, most commonly in the arteries of the pelvis and legs. 3  PAD is similar to coronary artery disease (CAD) and carotid artery disease.
Educating yourself about lung cancer: Signs and symptoms: Blood clot-lung. Pulmonary embolus. A pulmonary embolus is a blockage of an artery in the lungs by fat, air, blood clot, or tumor cells. Venous thrombo-embolism; Lung blood clot; Blood clot-lung; Embolus; Tumor embolus. Causes. Pulmonary emboli are most often caused by blood clots in the veins, especially veins in the legs or in the pelvis (hips).