embolism : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: embolism	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for embolism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embolism n an insertion into a calendar [syn: embolism, intercalation] occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embolism \Em"bolism\, n. [L. embolismus, from Gr. [?] to throw or put in, insert; cf. [?] intercalated: cf. F. embolisme. See {Emblem}.] 1. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism* of a lunar month in the Greek year. 2. Intercalated time. --Johnson. 3. (Med.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.