Embolism

['embəlɪz(ə)m] or ['ɛmbə,lɪzəm]

Definition

(noun.) occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle).

(noun.) an insertion into a calendar.

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Definition

(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.

(n.) Intercalated time.

(n.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Intercalation.

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Definition

n. the insertion of days in an account of time to produce regularity: an intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil coming after the Lord's Prayer: (med.) the presence of obstructing clots in the blood-vessels.—adjs. Embolis′mal Embolis′mic.—n. Em′bolus the clot of fibrin obstructing a blood-vessel causing embolism.

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