EMBOLUSES

Noun

emboluses

plural of embolus

Source: Wiktionary


EMBOLUS

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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