A blockage in the pulmonary circulation caused by a moving blood clot is a(n):
A) pneumatocele
B) pulmonary cancer
C) atelectasis
D) pulmonary embolism
D
Explanation: An embolism is a clot. The other answers can be eliminated by deconstructing portions of them: -cele, "herniation"; -ectasis, "dilation/expansion"; and cancer.
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