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Definition of embolus noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

embolus

noun
 
/ˈembələs/
 
/ˈembələs/
(plural emboli
 
/ˈembəlaɪ/,
 
/ˈembəliː/
 
/ˈembəlaɪ/,
 
/ˈembəliː/
)
(medical)
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  1. a blood clot, air bubble, or small object that causes an embolism
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting something inserted or moving within another, specifically the plunger of a syringe): from Latin, literally ‘piston’, from Greek embolos ‘peg, stopper’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.
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