| embolophasia | Synonym: embololalia. Origin: G. Embolos, something thrown in, + phasis, a saying (05 Mar 2000) |
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| embolophrasia | Synonym: embololalia. Origin: G. Embolos, something thrown in, + phrasis, phrase (05 Mar 2000) |
| embolotherapy | Occlusion of arteries by insertion of blood clots, Gelfoam, coils, balloons, etc., with an angiographic catheter; used for control of inoperable haemorrhage or preoperative management of highly vascular neoplasms. Origin: G. Embolos, plug, + therapeia, medical treatment (05 Mar 2000) |
| embolus | A clot formed by platelets or leucocytes that blocks a blood vessel. (18 Nov 1997) |
| emboly | <biology> Embolic invagination. See Invagination. Origin: Gr. A putting into. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| embosom | 1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. "Glad to embosom his affection." (Spenser) 2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something. "His house embosomed in the grove." (Pope) "Some tender flower . . . . Embosomed in the greenest glade." (Keble) Origin: Written also imbosom. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| emboss | To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. Origin: Etymology uncertain. 1. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. "In the Arabian woods embossed." (Milton) 2. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset. "A knight her met in mighty arms embossed." (Spenser) Origin: Cf. Pr. & Sp. Emboscar, It. Imboscare, F. Embusquer, and E. Imbosk. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| embouchement | The opening of one blood vessel into another. Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| embower | To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. Alternative forms: imbower] . To lodge or rest in a bower. "In their wide boughs embow'ring. " Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |