Embolism vs. Embolus

Embolismnoun

(pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of an artery by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.

Embolismnoun

The insertion or intercalation of days into the calendar in order to correct the error arising from the difference between the civil year and the solar year.

Embolismnoun

An intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil coming after the Lord's Prayer.

Embolismnoun

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.

Embolismnoun

Intercalated time.

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

Embolismnoun

an insertion into a calendar

Embolismnoun

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

Embolism

An embolism is the lodging of an embolus, a blockage-causing piece of material, inside a blood vessel. The embolus may be a blood clot (thrombus), a fat globule (fat embolism), a bubble of air or other gas (gas embolism), amniotic fluid (amniotic fluid embolism), or foreign material.

Embolusnoun

(pathology) An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.

Embolusnoun

(zoology) The structure on the end of the palp of male arachnids which contains the opening to the ejaculatory duct.

Embolusnoun

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

Embolusnoun

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

Embolus

An embolus (; plural emboli; from the Greek ἔμβολος , ) is an unattached mass that travels through the bloodstream and is capable of creating blockages. When an embolus occludes a blood vessel, it is called an embolism or embolic event.