Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
em·bo·lize Variant:
or British em·bo·lise /'em-b&-"lIz/ Function:
verb Inflected Forms:
-lized or British -lised;
-liz·ing or British -lis·ing verb transitive, of an embolus : to lodge in and obstruct (as a bloodvessel or organ)
embolize verb intransitive : to break up into emboli or become an embolus
embolized and were swept to the lung from the site ofthe fracture>
