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MAMMALIAN PHENOTYPE - ANNOTATIONS

The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.

Term:pulmonary embolism
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Accession:MP:0031080 term browser browse the term
Definition: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
Synonyms:exact_synonym: blood clot in artery of lung;   pulmonary artery embolism;   pulmonary embolus
 xref: EFO:0003827


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  mammalian phenotype 0
    respiratory system phenotype 0
      abnormal respiratory system physiology 0
        abnormal pulmonary circulation 0
          pulmonary embolism 0
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  mammalian phenotype 0
    cardiovascular system phenotype 0
      abnormal cardiovascular system physiology 0
        abnormal blood circulation 0
          abnormal pulmonary circulation 0
            pulmonary embolism 0
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