Word
Embolus
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
em-bo-lus
Definition
- n. - Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a
pump or syringe.
- n. - A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being
brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a
clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat,
or a microscopic organism.
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