EMBOLUS

Embolus

An embolus is any detached, traveling intravascular mass carried by circulation, which is capable of clogging arterial capillary beds at a site distant from its point of origin.

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embolus

Noun

  1. An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the blood stream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.
  2. The structure on the end of the palp of male arachnids which contains the opening to the ejaculatory duct.


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