embolization
/ˌɛmbələˈzeɪʃən/
noun
- A medical procedure that deliberately blocks a blood vessel, often to stop bleeding or to cut off blood supply to a tumor.
- After the embolization, the patient's tumor began to shrink because it was no longer receiving blood.
- The surgeon used embolization to stop the bleeding from the injured artery.
- Uterine fibroid embolization is a minimally invasive treatment that shrinks fibroids by blocking their blood supply.