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Definition of Embolism

1. Noun. An insertion into a calendar.

2. Noun. Occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle).

Definition of Embolism

1. n. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.

Definition of Embolism

1. the obstruction of a blood vessel by an embolus [n -S] : EMBOLIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Embolism

1. The sudden blocking of an artery by a clot or foreign material which has been brought to its site of lodgment by the blood current. Origin: L. Embolismus, from Gr. Ballein = to throw This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Embolism

embolectomy emboli emboli embolia embolic embolic embolic abscess embolic gangrene embolic infarct embolic pneumonia

embolies emboliform emboliform nucleus embolisation embolism (current term) embolism (current term) embolismic embolisms embolism and thrombosis embolite

embolization embolization embolizations embololalia embolomycotic embolomycotic aneurysm embolophasia embolophrasia embolotherapy embolus

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