em‧bo‧lis‧m /ˈembəlɪz
əm/
noun [countable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: Modern Latin;
Origin: embolismus, from Greek emballein; ⇒ emblem]
medical something such as a hard mass of blood or a small amount of air that blocks a tube carrying blood through the body
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