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EMBOLUS (emboli)

Dictionary entry overview: What does embolus mean?

• EMBOLUS (noun)
The noun EMBOLUS has 1 sense:

1. an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood

Familiarity information: EMBOLUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EMBOLUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("embolus" is a kind of...):

clot; coagulum (a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid)

Holonyms ("embolus" is a part of...):

embolism (occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle))

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