Embolus

[embәlәs]

Definition

(noun.) an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood.

Typed by Bert--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.

(n.) 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.

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