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embolism
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[ˈɛmbəlɪz(ə)m], (Noun)
Definitions:
- obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble
(e.g: causes of cerebral embolism)
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Origin
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘the insertion of an intercalary period in the calendar’): via late Latin from Greek embolismos, from emballein ‘insert’. The medical sense dates from the mid 19th century
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