'Embolus' definitions:
Definition of 'embolus'
From: WordNet
noun
An abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood
Definition of 'Embolus'
From: GCIDE
- 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]