Embolus vs. Thrombus

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.

Embolusnoun

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.

Thrombusnoun

A blood clot formed from platelets and other elements; that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.

Thrombusnoun

A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and remaining at the site of coagulation.

Thrombusnoun

a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin

Thrombus

A thrombus, colloquially called a blood clot, is the final product of the blood coagulation step in hemostasis. There are two components to a thrombus: aggregated platelets and red blood cells that form a plug, and a mesh of cross-linked fibrin protein.