'Embolic' definitions:
Definition of 'embolic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to an embolism or embolus
Definition of 'Embolic'
From: GCIDE
- Embolic \Em*bol"ic\, a. [Gr. ? to throw in. See Embolism.]
- 1. Embolismic. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Biol.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination. [1913 Webster]