| embolaemia | The presence of emboli in the circulating blood. Origin: G. Embolos, a plug (embolus), + haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
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| embolalia | Interjection of meaningless words into a sentence when speaking. Synonym: embolalia, embolophasia, embolophrasia. Origin: G. Embolos, something thrown in, fr. Emballo, to throw in, + lalia, speaking (05 Mar 2000) |
| embole | 1. Reduction of a limb dislocation. Synonym: embolia. 2. Formation of the gastrula by invagination. Synonym: emboly. Origin: G. Embole, insertion (05 Mar 2000) |
| embolectomy | Surgical removal of an obstructing clot or foreign material which has been transported from a distant vessel by the bloodstream. Removal of a clot at its original site is called thrombectomy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| emboli | <cardiology> Material, usually blood clot but may be fat, bone fragment, nitrogen bubble or bullet), that travels through the circulation, eventually obstructing blood flow through a smaller calibre vessel (for example stroke, pulmonary embolism, central retinal artery occlusion). (27 Sep 1997) |
| embolia | 1. Reduction of a limb dislocation. Synonym: embolia. 2. Formation of the gastrula by invagination. Synonym: emboly. Origin: G. Embole, insertion (05 Mar 2000) |
| embolic | 1. Embolismic. 2. <medicine> Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess. 3. <biology> Pushing or growing in; said of a kind of invagination. See Invagination. Origin: Gr. To throw in. See Embolism. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| embolic abscess | An abscess arising at the point of arrest of a septic embolus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| embolic gangrene | Gangrene resulting from obstruction of an artery by an embolus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| embolic infarct | An infarct caused by an embolus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| embolic pneumonia | Infarction following embolization of a pulmonary artery or arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emboliform | Shaped like an embolus. Origin: G. Embolos, plug (embolus), + L. Forma, form (05 Mar 2000) |
| emboliform nucleus | A small wedge-shaped nucleus in the central white substance of the cerebellum just internal to the hilus of the dentate nucleus; receives axons of Purkinje cells of the intermediate area of the cerebellar cortex; axons of these cells exit the cerebellum via the superior cerebellar peduncle. Synonym: nucleus emboliformis, embolus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| embolisation | <cardiology> The process by which a vessel is occluded with a circulating material mass (for example blood clot). See: embolism. (27 Sep 1997) |
| embolism | <cardiology, physiology> The sudden blocking of an artery by a clot or foreign material which has been brought to its site of lodgment by the blood current. Origin: L. Embolismus, from Gr. Ballein = to throw (18 Nov 1997) |