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‖ embolus|ˈɛmbələs|
[L. embolus piston of a pump, a. Gr. ἔµβολος peg, stopper.]
†1. Mech. Something inserted or moving in another, such as the bar of a door, a wedge; esp. the piston of a syringe. Obs.
1669Boyle Contn. New Exp. i. xxxii. (1682) 106 The Embolus or Sucker of a Syringe. 1708Kersey, Embolus, a bar of a Door, a wedge. 1739J. Huxham Ess. Fevers (1750) 182 Too great a Weight on the Embolus of a Syringe hinders its fair play. 1847in Craig.
2. Pathol. ‘The body which causes embolism’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1866A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 30 An embolus is a plug of some material which is transported by the blood-current from one situation to another. 1876tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 202 The embolus is usually arrested at a part where the vessels divide.
3. Anat. ‘The osseous axis of the horns of the Ruminantia cavicornia’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). |