Embolism Definition

ĕmbə-lĭzəm
noun
The intercalation of a day, month, etc. into a calendar, as in leap year.
Webster's New World
The time intercalated.
Webster's New World
The obstruction of a blood vessel by an embolus too large to pass through it.
Webster's New World
An embolus.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
embolism
Plural:
embolisms

Origin of Embolism

  • Middle English embolisme insertion of one or more days in a calendar from Late Latin embolismus from Greek embolismos from emballein to insert emblem

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French embolisme (“intercalation of days in a calendar to correct errors”), from Late Latin embolismus.

    From Wiktionary

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