Definition of Embolos
Em"bo*lus (?), n.; pl.
Emboli (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?; pointed so as to be
put or thrust in, fr. &?; 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (pathology) A blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the blood stream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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