Found 2 items, similar to embolus.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: embolus embolus n : an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood [also: emboli (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Embolus Embolus \Em"bo*lus\, n.; pl. Emboli. [L., fr. Gr. ? pointed so as to be put or thrust in, fr. ? to throw, thrust, or put in. See Emblem.] 1. Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) 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. [1913 Webster]