Some limb broken? Blood vessel occlusion? (8)
I believe the answer is:
embolism
'occlusion?' is the definition.
(I know that embolism is a type of occlusion)
'some limb broken?' is the wordplay.
'broken?' indicates an anagram.
'some'+'limb'='somelimb'
'somelimb' is an anagram of 'EMBOLISM'.
'blood vessel' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for embolism that I've seen before include "Arterial obstruction" , "Blockage by a blood clot" , "Blood vessel blockage" , "Obstruction of a blood vessel as by clot or bubble" , "Blockage of an artery" .)