| Namespace | MPheno.ontology | Obsolete | false |
| description | an embolus (an abnormal particle circulating in the blood) located in the pulmonary artery and thereby blocking blood circulation to the lung; usually the embolus is a blood clot that has developed in an extremity (for instance, a deep venous thrombosis), detached, and traveled through the circulation before becoming trapped in the pulmonary artery |
