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embolus
n.
clump of undissolved material in the bloodstream (Medicine)
Embolus
An
embolus (plural
emboli; from the Greek ἔμβολος "clot, lit. ram") is any detached, traveling intravascular mass (solid, liquid, or gaseous) carried by
circulation, which is capable of clogging arterial capillary beds (create an
arterial occlusion) at a site distant from its point of origin.
embolus
Noun
1. an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood
(hypernym) clot, coagulum
(part-holonym) embolism
Embolus
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Embolus
A blockage or plug which is obstructing a blood vessel. Examples of emboli are a detached blood clot, a clump of bacteria, or other foreign material, such as air.
