Thesaurus: embolism

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1. n. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.
2. n. Intercalated time.
3. n. The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
4. n. an insertion into a calendar
5. n. occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
6. 1. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year. 2. Intercalated time. Johnson. 3. (Med.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
7. The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in thebrain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
8. n:100 n. an insertion into a calendar n. occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)