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Webster 1913 Edition
Embolus
Em′bo-lus
,Noun.
pl.
Emboli
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. [L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] pointed so as to be put or thrust in, fr. [GREEK] to throw, thrust, or put in. See
Emblem
.] 1.
Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.
2.
(Med.)
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 1828 Edition
Embolus
EM'BOLUS
,Noun.