Meaning of EMBOLISM
| Pronunciation: | | 'embu`lizum
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
- [n] an insertion into a calendar
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| | Synonyms: | | intercalation |
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| | See Also: | | aeroembolism, air embolism, calendar, embolus, fat embolism, gas embolism, interval, occlusion, pulmonary embolism, time interval | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Em"bo*lism\, n. [L. embolismus, from Gr. ? to throw or
put in, insert; cf. ? intercalated: cf. F. embolisme. See
{Emblem}.]
1. 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.
2. Intercalated time. --Johnson.
3. (Med.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus.
Embolism in the brain often produces sudden
unconsciousness and paralysis.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A block in an artery caused by blood clots or other substances, such as fat globules, infected tissue, or cancer cells. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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- Obstruction in a blood vessel; can be caused by a blood clot or mass of bacteria or other material.
- An embolism is the disorder of lodging a substance in a blood vessel so that blood flow is totally or partially obstructed. The substance could be air, a blood clot, tumor fragments, fat, amniotic fluid, bacteria, or parasites.
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| | Related Terms: | | bar, barrier, blank wall, blind alley, blind gut, block, blockade, blockage, bottleneck, cecum, choking, choking off, clog, congestion, constipation, costiveness, cul-de-sac, dead end, embolus, gorge, impasse, impediment, infarct, infarction, jam, obstacle, obstipation, obstruction, sealing off, stop, stoppage, strangulation |
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