Embolism is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for EMBOLISM in dictionary:

NOUN:
• obstruction of a blood vessel by an embolus
• obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble
• blocking of a blood vessel by a blood clot or air bubble
• 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.
• Intercalated time.
• The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
• an insertion into a calendar
• occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the obstruction of a blood vessel by an embolus

Words related to EMBOLISM

embolismic18 embolisms15

Words that contain EMBOLISM

embolisms15 embolismal16 embolismic18 aeroembolism18 aeroembolisms19 thromboembolism28 thromboembolisms29

How to use EMBOLISM in a sentence

• His method was still tentative and rude, and he divined in it all sorts of dangers, and especially, that of inducing embolism, if the liquor was not perfectly pure.
• Embolism or thrombosis of the posterior cerebral artery is a reported cause in two cases.

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