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noun
- Pathology. the occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus.
- intercalation, as of a day in a year.
- a period of time intercalated.
- (in a Eucharistic service) the prayer following the final petitions of the Lord’s Prayer.
noun
- the occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus
- botany the blocking of a xylem vessel by an air bubble
- the insertion of one or more days into a calendar, esp the Jewish calendar; intercalation
- RC Church a prayer inserted in the canon of the Mass between the Lord’s Prayer and the breaking of the bread
- another name (not in technical use) for embolus
late 14c., “intercalation of days into a calendar,” from Old French embolisme, from Late Latin embolismus “insertion of days in a calendar to correct errors,” from Greek embolimos, embolme “insertion,” or embolos “a plug, wedge” (see embolus). Medical sense of “obstruction of a blood vessel” is first recorded in English 1855.
n.
- The obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus.
- An embolus.
- A mass, such as an air bubble, detached blood clot, or foreign body, that travels in the bloodstream, lodges in a blood vessel, and obstructs or occludes it. Also called embolus
- The obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by such a mass.
An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an air bubble, a detached blood clot, or a foreign body.