embolotherapy

embolotherapy
Occlusion of arteries by insertion of blood clots, Gelfoam, coils, balloons, etc., with an angiographic catheter; used for control of inoperable hemorrhage or preoperative management of highly vascular neoplasms. [G. embolos, plug, + therapeia, medical treatment]

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em·bo·lo·ther·a·py -'ther-ə-pē n, pl -pies the intentional blockage of an artery with an object (as a balloon inserted by a catheter) to control or prevent hemorrhaging

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em·bo·lo·ther·a·py (em″bo-lo-therґə-pe) embolization (def. 2).

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