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Word: Embolus
Speech Type: Noun
mid 17th century (denoting something inserted or moving within another, specifically the plunger of a syringe): from Latin, literally ‘piston’, from Greek embolos ‘peg, stopper’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century
ˈɛmbələs
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.
Short Definition:blood clot, air bubble, piece of fatty deposit, or other object
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