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8 Letter Words for Embolism
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Definitions for Embolism
[1] Pathology . the occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus.
[2] intercalation, as of a day in a year.
[3] a period of time intercalated.
[4] (in a Eucharistic service) the prayer following the final petitions of the Lord's Prayer.
[5] the occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus
[6] botany the blocking of a xylem vessel by an air bubble
[7] the insertion of one or more days into a calendar, esp the Jewish calendar; intercalation
[8] RC Church a prayer inserted in the canon of the Mass between the Lord's Prayer and the breaking of the bread
[9] another name (not in technical use) for embolus
Words related to Embolism
clump, lump, set, battery, cluster, array, thickness, bunch, group, gob, precipitate, body, glob, consolidation, bundle, bulk, occlusion, batch, grume, conglutination
Words nearby Embolism
embody, embolden, embole, embolectomy, embolic, embolism, embolite, embolization, embolize, embololalia, embolus
Origin of Embolism
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin embolismus intercalation < Late Greek embolismós, equivalent to embol- (see embolus) + -ismos -ism
Other words from Embolism
em·bo·lis·mic , adjective
Word origin for Embolism
C14: from Medieval Latin embolismus, from Late Greek embolismos intercalary; see embolus