embolism – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
embolism
n.
blockage of an artery or vein by a blood clot or other undissolved matter (Medicine)
Embolism
An
embolism is the lodging of an
embolus, which may be a blood clot, fat globule, gas bubble or foreign material in the bloodstream. This can cause a blockage in a
blood vessel. Such a blockage (
vascular occlusion) may affect a part of the body distanced from the actual site of the embolism. This is in contrast to a
thrombus, which causes a blockage at the site of origin.
embolism
Noun
1. an insertion into a calendar
(synonym) intercalation
(hypernym) time interval, interval
(part-holonym) calendar
2. occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
(hypernym) occlusion
(hyponym) air embolism, aeroembolism, gas embolism
(part-meronym) embolus
Embolism
(n.)
The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
embolism
[EM-bul-izm]
A block in an artery caused by blood clots or other substances, such as fat globules, infected tissue, or cancer cells.
