Hypertext Webster Gateway: "embolism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embolism \Em"bo*lism\, n. [L. embolismus, from Gr. ? to throw or
put in, insert; cf. ? intercalated: cf. F. embolisme. See
{Emblem}.]
1. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in
an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the
embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.
2. Intercalated time. --Johnson.
3. (Med.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus.
Embolism in the brain often produces sudden
unconsciousness and paralysis.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
embolism
n 1: an insertion into a calendar [syn: {intercalation}]
2: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or
air bubble or other particle)
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