adjective
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of or relating to an embolus or embolism
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embryol of, relating to, or resulting from invagination
Etymology
Origin of embolic
Example Sentences
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But Fahd's health has deteriorated ever since he suffered an embolic stroke last November, and a tug-of-war is already ongoing at the highest levels of the government.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was brought in right after his first embolic stroke at work.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
Fibrin readily deposits on this calcareous substance and may form a permanent capping, or may slowly disintegrate and allow fragments to fly off into the blood stream and cause more or less serious embolic obstruction.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
But in these epibolic forms, just as in the embolic Paludina, the embryo proceeds to develop its ciliated band and shell-gland, passing through the earlier condition of a trochosphere to that of the veliger.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
Vegetations more or less constantly occur on the inflamed surfaces, with more or less danger of particles becoming loosened and moving free in the blood stream, causing embolic obstruction in different parts of the body.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
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