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Uncommon card · Science
Embolism, an Uncommon card
An embolism is the lodging of an embolus, a blockage-causing piece of material, inside a blood vessel.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 32
- Power
- 86
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 98,000
Power 86 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Embolism quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Embolism card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
An embolism can cause partial or total blockage of blood flow in the ______ vessel.
Answer
affected. An embolism can cause partial or total blockage of blood flow in the affected vessel. From the Embolism article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Black–Scholes equation. Black–Scholes equation 61 · Embolism 54 · RDH5 51 · DUSP12 45 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Paul Blackthorne. Paul Blackthorne 150,000 · Embolism 98,000 · Kappa2 Apodis 300 · DUSP12 230 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The embolus may be a blood clot, a fat globule, a bubble of air or other gas, amniotic fluid, or foreign material.
- An embolism can cause partial or total blockage of blood flow in the affected vessel.
- Such a blockage may affect a part of the body distant from the origin of the embolus.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Embolism article was read about 98,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 32: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Embolism
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The cards just above and just below Embolism in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Paul BlackthorneUncommon · Arts · ATK 59 DEF 27
- Richard BrightUncommon · Arts · ATK 58 DEF 28
- Eduard BlochUncommon · Science · ATK 56 DEF 30
- Raoul BovaUncommon · Arts · ATK 59 DEF 27
- Rob PikeUncommon · Science · ATK 52 DEF 34
- Black–Scholes equationUncommon · Science · ATK 61 DEF 25
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Embolism (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nephron, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
