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Definition: Embolic |
EmbolicAdjective1. Of or relating to an embolism or embolus. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Embolic \Em*bol"ic\, adjective. [Greek expression to throw in. See Embolism.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Embolic |
| English words defined with "embolic": Emboly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "embolic": Cerebral Infarction. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A stroke caused by an embolus is called an embolic stroke. (references) | |
If this is so, patients with the embolic subtype of stroke may have to be treated differently from those with other subtypes of ischemic stroke. (references) | ||
HAS will examine the level of activity of the hemostatic system in stroke patients enrolled in the WARSS trial (described below) by measuring the blood plasma level of the protein named prothrombin activation fragment F1+2. The purpose of the HAS study is to determine if patients with previous embolic strokes have a higher level of F1+2 than patients with other types of ischemic stroke. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Embolic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Embolic" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "embolic": embolic invagination. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "embolic": anti-embolic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
embolic stroke | 5 |
embolic | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "embolic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | embolisk encephalit (embolic metastatic encephalitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | embolique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | embolisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תסחיפי, סחיפי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | encefalite metastatica embolica (embolic metastatic encephalitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | embolicay encefalite metastática embólica (embolic metastatic encephalitis). (various references) encefalitis por embolia metastásica (embolic metastatic encephalitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "embolic": thromboembolic. (additional references) | |
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"Embolic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Benbolio, ebola, eboli, ebolli, embolim, embollic, emollit, imbolic, lebovic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "embolic" (pronounced 'Em*bol"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, Actinolitic, Actinophonic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic, Aerobiotic, Aerodynamic, Aerolitic, AEsthesodic, Agamic, Agamogenetic, Agenesic, Agnatic, Agonic, Agonothetic, Agraphic, Agrypnotic, Albinotic, Alcaic, Alcoranic, Alcyonic, Aldermanic, Aleuronic, Alexipyretic, Algific, Aliphatic, Alkoranic, Allantoic, Allochroic, Allopathic, Allotrophic, Alloxanic, Aluminic, Amacratic, Amasthenic, Amaurotic, Amblotic, Amblyopic, Ambreic, Amharic, Amic, Amitotic, Amniotic, Amorphozoic, Amphibolic, Amphichroic, Amphictyonic, Amphigonic, Amphigoric, Amphoric, Amphoteric, Amuletic, Amygdalic, Amylic, Amylogenic, Anabatic, Anabolic, Anacrotic, Anaemic, Anaerobiotic, Anaglyptographic, Anallagmatic, Anallantoic, Analogic, Anamniotic, Anaphroditic, Anaplerotic, Anapnoic, Anaptotic, Anastatic, Anastigmatic, Anastomotic, Anchylotic, Anemographic, Anemonic, Anetic, Anharmonic, Anilic, Anisic, Anisomeric, Anisosthenic, Anoetic, Antarthritic, Antasthmatic, Antemetic, Antemosaic, Anthozoic, Anthracic, Anthracitic, Anthropogenic, Anthropomorphitic, Anthypnotic, Anthysteric, Antiasthmatic, Antibubonic, Anticausodic, Anticausotic, Anticivic, Antidiphtheritic, Antidysenteric, Antiemetic, Antihemorrhagic, Antihydrophobic, Antihydropic, Antihypnotic, Antihysteric, Antiicteric, Antilithic, Antimephitic, Antimonic, Antinephritic, Antiparalytic, Antipathic, Antiperiodic, Antiperistatic, Antiphonic, Antiphthisic, Antipsoric, Antipyic, Antipyretic, Antipyrotic, Antirachitic, Antispasmodic, Antistrophic, Antistrumatic, Antisyphilitic, Antizymic, Antizymotic, Aphanitic, Apheliotropic, Aphetic, Aphroditic, Aplanatic, Apneumatic, Apochromatic, Apogaic, Apogamic, Apogeotropic, Aponeurotic, Apophlegmatic, Aposematic, Apositic, Apostatic, Apostrophic, Apotelesmatic, Aptotic, Apyretic, Aramaic, Archaeolithic, Archaeozoic, Archaic, Archangelic, Archchemic, Archenteric, Archipelagic, Arenilitic, Areopagitic, Argolic, Argonautic, Aristophanic, Aristotelic, Arthrodynic, Arthrozoic, Asiatic, Astatic, Asthenic, Astigmatic, Astronomic, Asyndetic, Atavic, Ataxic, Athletic, Atrophic, Augitic, Auletic, Autohypnotic, Autokinetic, Autonomic, Autopathic, Autopneumatic, Autostylic, Autotoxic, Autotrophic, Auxetic, Azoic, Azoleic, Azonic, Azotic, Azymic, Balearic, Barbaic, Bardic, Barytic, Basaltic, Bathetic, Bathygraphic, Benefic, Benthamic, Benzoic, Bibliopegic, Biogenetic, Biolytic, Biomagnetic, Biotic, Blastematic, Boletic, Boracic, Boustorphic, boustrophedonic, Bregmatic, Bronchitic, Bubonic, Butyric, Cabiric, Cacodylic, Caffeic, Calcific, Caligraphic, Calorific, Camphoric, Camphretic, Caproic, Caprylic, Carbamic, Carbazotic, Carbolic, Carbonic, Cardiographic, Carminic, Carolitic, Carotic, Carpogenic, Catabiotic, Catacrotic, Catagmatic, Cataphonic, Catastrophic, Catechuic, Categorematic, Catelectrotonic, Cathedralic, Catheretic, Cathodic, Cenozoic, Centrobaric, Ceramic, Cerotic, Cerulific, Cetraric, Cetylic, Chalcedonic, Chaldaic, Chaotic, Charismatic, Chelidonic, Chemiglyphic, Chimeric, Chiromonic, Chloridic, Chloriodic, Chloritic, Chloroplatinic, Chlorotic, Choleic, Choleraic, Cholesteric, Chondritic, Choragic, Choreic, Chrestomathic, Chromatic, Chromogenic, Chromolithographic, Chromospheric, Chronic, Chronographic, Chthonic, Chylific, Chylopoetic, Cinchonic, Cinnamic, Cinnamomic, Cirrhotic, Cistic, Civic, Classific, Climatic, Clinographic, Clonic, Cobaltic, Colletic, Colorific, Cometic, Commatic, Conchitic, Conspecific, Coprolitic, Cornific, Cosmoramic, Cosmothetic, Coumaric, Creatic, Cremasteric, Cresylic, Croconic, Crotaphitic, Crotonic, Cubebic, Cuminic, Cuneatic, Cyanic, Cyanotic, Cyclonic, Cyclopedic, Cyclopic, Cyrenaic, Cyriologic, Cystic, Cystolithic, Czechic, Damnific, Daric, Dartoic, Davidic, Decasyllabic, Decatoic, Decylic, Deltaic, Democratic, Demosthenic, Demotic, Dermatopathic, Dermopathic, Desoxalic, Deuterogenic, Deuteropathic, Diactinic, Diaeretic, Diageotropic, Diagrammatic, Diaheliotropic, Dialytic, Dianoetic, Diaphanic, Diaphragmatic, Diapnoic, Diastatic, Diastolic, Diathetic, Diatomic, Diatonic, Dicarbonic, Dichroic, Dichroitic, Dichromatic, Dichroscopic, Diclinic, Dicrotic, Didascalic, Dietic, Digraphic, Dioramic, Dioritic, Diorthotic, Diphtheritic, Diphthongic, Diphygenic, Diploetic, Diplogenic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-i-l-m-o" | |
-1 letter: emboli, mobile. | |
-2 letters: biome, celom, cibol, climb, clime, clomb, coble, combe, limbo, melic, obeli, oleic. | |
-3 letters: bice, bile, bloc, boil, bole, ceil, coil, cole, comb, come, emic, lice, limb, lime, limo, lobe, loci, mice, mile, milo, moil, mole. | |
-4 letters: bel, bio, cel, cob, col, elm, ice, lei, lib, lie, lob, mel, mib, mil, mob, moc, mol, obe, obi, oil, ole. | |
-5 letters: be, bi, bo, el, em, li, lo, me, mi, mo, oe, om. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-e-i-l-m-o" | |
+1 letter: comblike. | |
+2 letters: columbine, columbite, metabolic. | |
+3 letters: becomingly, biomedical, bolometric, columbines, columbites, combinable, comestible, compatible, embolismic, outclimbed. | |
+4 letters: beclamoring, bimolecular, biochemical, biometrical, biomolecule, combatively, combustible, comestibles, committable, compactible, compatibles, confirmable, lobectomies, meroblastic, microtubule, problematic. | |
+5 letters: biochemicals, biomolecular, biomolecules, combustibles, communicable, compressible, contemptible, contemptibly, incommutable, incomparable, incompatible, incomputable, inconsumable, microbalance, microtubules, microwavable, myeloblastic, problematics, unbecomingly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6D 62 6F 6C 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -- -... --- .-.. .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101101 01100010 01101111 01101100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E m b o l i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006D 0062 006F 006C 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39796881787569 |
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