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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024em•bo•lism (em′bə liz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - Pathologythe occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus.
- intercalation, as of a day in a year.
- a period of time intercalated.
- Religion(in a Eucharistic service) the prayer following the final petitions of the Lord's Prayer.
- Late Greek embolismós, equivalent. to embol- (see embolus) + -ismos -ism
- Medieval Latin embolismus intercalation
- Middle English 1350–1400
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