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3 dictionary results for: Embolismic
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em·bo·lism       [em-buh-liz-uhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Pathology. the occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus.
2.intercalation, as of a day in a year.
3.a period of time intercalated.
4.(in a Eucharistic service) the prayer following the final petitions of the Lord's Prayer.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < ML embolismus intercalation < LGk embolismós, equiv. to embol- (see embolus) + -ismos -ism]

—Related forms
em·bo·lis·mic, adjective
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em·bo·lism       (ěm'bə-lĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus.
  2. An embolus.


[Middle English embolisme, insertion of one or more days in a calendar, from Late Latin embolismus, from Greek embolismos, from emballein, to insert; see emblem.]

em'bo·lis'mic adj.
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Embolismic

Em`bo*lis"mic\, Embolismical \Em`bo*lis"mic*al\, a. [Cf. F. embolismique.] Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation.

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