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Definitions of embolus in various dictionaries:
noun - an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood
noun - an abnormal particle circulating in the blood
EMBOLUS - An embolus (plural emboli; from the Greek "wedge", "plug") is an unattached mass that travels through the bloodstream and is capable of clogging art...
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| Blood clot |
| Clot hit ball over my head - upset himself and me |
| Circulatory problem makes windy character lose head and get doctor in |
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| Oct 5 2012 The Times - Concise |
| Aug 26 2003 The Times - Cryptic |
| May 25 2002 The Times - Cryptic |
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| A mass, such as an air bubble, a detached blood clot, or a foreign body, that travels through the bloodstream and lodges so as to obstruct or occlude a blood vessel. |
| a blood clot, air bubble, piece of fatty deposit, or other object which has been carried in the bloodstream to lodge in a vessel and cause an embolism. |
| an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood |
| A blood clot, air bubble, piece of fatty deposit, or other object which has been carried in the bloodstream to lodge in a vessel and cause an embolism. |
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An embolus (plural emboli; from the Greek "wedge", "plug") is an unattached mass that travels through the bloodstream and is capable of clogging arterial capillary beds (create an arterial occlusion) at a site distant from its point of origin. There are a number of different types of emboli, including blood clots, cholesterol plaque or crystals, fat globules, gas bubbles, and foreign bodies. * By contrast there are non-traveling blockages that develop locally from vascular trauma or epithelial pathology and vascular inflammation such as atheromata and thrombi. However, if a thrombus breaks loose from its genesis site it becomes a thrombo-embolus and if not broken down during transit, may cause embolism(s).The term was coined in 1848 by Rudolf Virchow. |