Embolus
21embolus — n. clump of undissolved material in the bloodstream (Medicine) …
22embolus — [ ɛmbələs] noun (plural emboli lʌɪ, i:) a blood clot, air bubble, piece of fatty deposit, or other object obstructing a blood vessel. Derivatives embolic adjective Origin C17 (denoting the plunger of a syringe): from L., lit. piston , from Gk… …
23embolus — em·bo·lus …
24embolus — n.; pl. emboli material, such as a blood clot, fat, air, amniotic fluid, or a foreign body, that is carried by the blood from one point in the circulation to lodge at another point (see embolism) …
25embolus — em•bo•lus [[t]ˈɛm bə ləs[/t]] n. pl. li [[t] ˌlaɪ[/t]] pat a formerly circulating clump of tissue, gas bubble, fat globule, etc., that has lodged in a blood vessel • Etymology: 1660–70; < Gk émbolos plug, stopper, n. der. of embállein …
26embolus — /ˈɛmbələs / (say embuhluhs) noun (plural emboli /ˈɛmbəlaɪ/ (say embuhluy)) undissolved material carried by the blood current and impacted in some part of the vascular system, as thrombi or fragments of thrombi, tissue fragments, clumps of… …
27Embolus — Ẹm|bo|lus, der; , ...li (Medizin Pfropf, Fremdkörper in der Blutbahn) …
28embolus — n. (pl. emboli) an object causing an embolism. Etymology: L, = piston, f. Gk embolos peg, stopper …
29riding embolus — saddle embolus, straddling embolus an embolus at the bifurcation of an artery, blocking both branches. See illustration. See also saddle embolism, under embolism. Saddle embolus at the bifurcation of the pulmonary artery …
30saddle embolus — n an embolus that straddles the branching of an artery blocking both branches called also rider embolus …
