Embolus

Definition: Embolus

Embolus

Noun

1. An abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood.

Etymology: Embolus \Em"bo*lus\, noun; plural Emboli. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression pointed so as to be put or thrust in, from to throw, thrust, or put in. See Emblem.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Embolus

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	Bit of foreign matter which enters the blood stream at one point and is carried until it is lodged or impacted in an artery and obstructs it. It may be a blood clot, an air bubble, fat or other tissue, or clumps of bacteria. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: Embolus

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Closure	Noun: closure, occlusion, blockade; shutting up; Verb: obstruction; (hindrance); embolus; contraction; infarction; constipation, obstipation; blind alley, blind corner; keddah; cul-de-sac, caecum; imperforation, imperviousness; Adjective: impermeability; stopper.
Hindrance	Noun: prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage; embolus, embolism; infarct; interruption, interception, interclusion; hindrance, impedition; retardment, retardation; embarrassment, oppilation; coarctation, stricture, restriction; restraint; inhibition; blockade; (closure).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Embolus

English words defined with "embolus": Coumadin ♦ embolectomy, Emboli, embolic, embolism ♦ thromboembolism ♦ warfarin. (references)

Specialty definitions using "embolus": Intracranial Embolism. (references)

Etymologies containing "embolus": Parembole. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Embolus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Hungarian (embolus, emboli), Latin (emboli, embolus).

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Non-Fiction Usage: Embolus

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		A stroke caused by an embolus is called an embolic stroke. (references)
		This free-roaming clot is called an embolus and often forms in the heart. (references)
		In endovascular embolization the surgeon guides a catheter though the arterial network until the tip reaches the site of the AVM. The surgeon then introduces a substance that will plug the fistula, correcting the abnormal pattern of blood flow. This process is known as embolization because it causes an embolus (a blood clot) to travel through blood vessels, eventually becoming lodged in a vessel and obstructing blood flow. The materials used to create an artificial blood clot in the center of an AVM include fast-drying biologically inert glues, fibered titanium coils, and tiny balloons. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Embolus

"Embolus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Embolus" is used about 7 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
Noun (singular)	100%	7	133,076

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Embolus

Expression using "embolus": fat embolus. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Embolus

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
pulmonary embolus	36
embolus	6
detection embolus	2
embolus saddle	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Embolus

Language		Translations for "embolus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		embolus. (various references)

Dutch		prop (bordering, chunk, clod, electric plug, lump, plug, sleeper plug, stopper, treenail). (various references)

Finnish		veritulppa (blood clot, thromb\|us, thrombosis, thrombus). (various references)

French		embole, embol. (various references)

German		Embolus. (various references)

Greek		έμβολο (piston, plug, plunger, ram, rammer, secondary strand, spigot, strand). (various references)

Italian		embolo (prickly). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		塞� " (abnormal substancecirculating in the blood). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		そくせ�" (abnormal substancecirculating in the blood, side line, sidetrack, siding). (various references)

Korean		색� � (Emboli). (various references)

Pig Latin		embolusay

Spanish		émbolo (piston, plunger, swab). (various references)

Swedish		fettemboli (fat embolism, fat embolus). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Embolus

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	embolus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Embolus

Misspellings
	"Embolus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eubulus, Eumolpus, Gembloux, hemiolas, unbogus. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Embolus"

Words rhyming with "embolus" (pronounced 'Em"bo*lus'): Abaculus, AEolus, Alto-cumulus, Alveolus, Angelus, Annulus, Articulus, Asilus, Astragalus, Bacillus, Baetulus, Bolus, Bucephalus, Callus, Canaliculus, Carolus, Cauliculus, Clitellus, Crotalus, Cucullus, Discobolus, Dolus, Dracunculus, Entellus, Fasciculus, Flocculus, funiculus, Gladiolus, Glomerulus, Gryllus, Hamulus, Hectocotylus, hilus, homunculus, Hydrocaulus, hydrocephalus, Iulus, Julus, Lienculus, Limulus, loculus, Malleolus, modiolus, modulus, Monomphalus, Nautilus, Nucellus, Nucleolus, Obelus, Obolus, Ocellus, Oculus, Overplus, Palulus, Palus, Paxillus, Pediculus, Peplus, Pessulus, Phacellus, Phallus, PLUS, Prothallus, Proventriulus, Pullus, Pulvillus, Pulvinulus, Ramulus, Regulus, sacculus, Scamillus, sphacelus, Splenculus, stimulus, Strato-cumulus, Strophulus, Superplus, Tantalus, thallus, Triungulus, Troilus, tumulus, Urceolus, utriculus, Ventriculus, Verticillus, Villus, Vitellus, Volvulus, Zulus. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Embolus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-l-m-o-s-u"
	-1 letter: blouse, blumes, boules, obelus, oleums, umbels, umbles.
	-2 letters: besom, blues, blume, boles, bolus, boule, bouse, lobes, louse, lubes, meous, moles, moues, mouse, mules, oleum, ousel, sebum, solum, umbel, umbos.
	-3 letters: bels, blue, bole, bums, elms, emus, lobe, lobs, lose, lube, lues, lums, mels, meou, mobs, mole, mols, moue, mule, muse, obes, oles, slob, sloe, slub, slue, slum, sole, some, soul, sumo, umbo.
	-4 letters: bel, bos, bum, bus, elm, els, ems, emu, leu, lob, lum, mel, mob, mol, mos, mus, obe, oes, ole, oms, ose, sel, sob, sol, som, sou, sub, sue, sum, use.
	-5 letters: be, bo, el, em, es, lo, me, mo, mu, oe, om, os, so, um, us.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-l-m-o-s-u"
	+1 letter: albumose, nelumbos.
	+2 letters: albumoses, nobeliums.
	+3 letters: beglamours, bunglesome, columbines, columbites, consumable, outfumbles, postbellum, slumberous, subproblem, summonable, thumbholes.
	+4 letters: automobiles, blasphemous, combustible, consumables, ethambutols, molybdenums, musclebound, subemployed, subproblems, troublesome.
	+5 letters: abstemiously, ambulatories, biomolecules, collembolous, combustibles, cumbersomely, inconsumable, membranously, microtubules, rambouillets, somnambulate, surmountable, tolbutamides, umbrageously.
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