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Embolus

Embolus Meaning & Definition
Embolus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Embolus?

[n] an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood

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See Also | clot | coagulum | embolism

Embolus In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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