Those spiders with a simple bulb insert most of this; those with a complex palp insert only the embolus, which in some species is very long [...].
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embolus — ● embolus ou embole nom masculin (bas latin embolus, du grec embolos, piston) Corps étranger (caillot sanguin, fragment de néoplasme, amas microbien, etc.) dont le déplacement et l arrêt dans un vaisseau provoquent une embolie. ⇒EMBOLE, EMBOLUS,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
embolus — EMBÓLUS s.n. Cheag de sânge, celulă grasă sau corp străin care astupă un vas sangvin, provocând o embolie. – Din fr. embolus. Trimis de claudia, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 embólus/emból s. n., pl. embólusuri/embóluri Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004 … Dicționar Român
embolus — 1660s, stopper, wedge, from L. embolus “piston of a pump,” from Gk. embolos “peg, stopper; anything pointed so as to be easily thrust in, also a tongue (of land), beak (of a ship), from emballein (see EMBLEM (Cf. emblem)).” Medical sense… … Etymology dictionary
Embolus — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A plug of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Embolus — bezeichnet in der Medizin ein mit dem Blutfluss eingeschwemmtes Material, siehe Embolie in der Biologie einen Teil des männlichen Geschlechtsorgans bei Webspinnen, siehe Pedipalpus Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur U … Deutsch Wikipedia
Embolus — Embŏlus (grch.), Keil, Zapfen, s. Embolie … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
EMBOLUS — in Charta, A. C. 1161. apud Ughellum in Archiep. Pisan. Tibi concedimus Ecclesias, videlicet Embolum et Scalas, et Stateram, quae sunt in CP. urbis angiportus est. ita Cinnamus l. 6. n. 10. ab Alexio Comneno Imp. concessum ait Venetis ςτενωπὸν εν … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
embolus — embólus m DEFINICIJA pat. čep što izaziva zastoj cirkulacije i prestanak ishrane tkiva na mjestu začepljenja ETIMOLOGIJA vidi embolija … Hrvatski jezični portal
embolus — [em′bə ləs] n. pl. emboli [em′bəlī′] [ModL < Gr embolos, anything put in, wedge < emballein < en , in + ballein, to throw: see BALL2] any foreign matter, as a blood clot or air bubble, carried in the bloodstream and capable of causing an … English World dictionary
Embolus — Something that travels through the bloodstream, lodges in a blood vessel and blocks it. Examples of emboli are a detached blood clot, a clump of bacteria, and foreign material such as air. A pulmonary embolus is a blood clot that has been carried … Medical dictionary
