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EMBOLUS
embolus
(noun) an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
embolus (plural emboli or emboluses)
(pathology) An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.
(zoology) The structure on the end of the palp of male arachnids which contains the opening to the ejaculatory duct.
Source: Wiktionary
Em"bo*lus, n.; pl. Emboli. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Emblem.]
1. Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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