Select the medical term for a blood clot that moves along with the bloodstream and lodges in the lung
A) pleuritis
B) pneumothorax
C) pneumonia
D) pulmonary embolism
D
Explanation: An embolism is a clot. The other answers can be eliminated by deconstructing portions of the term: -itis, "inflammation"; pneum/o, "lung"; and pneumonia, "condition of the lungs."
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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