Associations to the word «Embolus»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
EMBOLUS, noun. (pathology) An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.
EMBOLUS, noun. (zoology) The structure on the end of the palp of male arachnids which contains the opening to the ejaculatory duct.
Dictionary definition
EMBOLUS, noun. An abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.