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1. (n.) embolus
a formerly circulating clump of tissue, gas bubble, fat globule, etc., that has lodged in a blood vessel.
Etymology: (1660–70; < Gk émbolos plug, stopper, n. der. of embállein)
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1. (noun) embolus
an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood
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1. (noun) EMBOLUS
something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe
2. (noun) EMBOLUS
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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