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EMBOLUS
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Irregular inflected form: emboli
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("embolus" is a kind of...):
clot; coagulum (a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid)
Holonyms ("embolus" is a part of...):
embolism (occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle))
Derivation:
embolic (of or relating to an embolism or embolus)
