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Webster 1913 Edition
Embolism
Em′bo-lism
,Noun.
[L.
embolismus
, from Gr. [GREEK] to throw or put in, insert; cf. [GREEK] intercalated: cf. F. embolisme
. See Emblem
.] 1.
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 year2.
Intercalated time.
Johnson.
3.
(Med.)
The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
Webster 1828 Edition
Embolism
EM'BOLISM
,Noun.
1.
Intercalation; the insertion of days,months or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity. The Greeks made use of the lunar year of 354 days, and to adjust it to the solar year of 365, they added a lunar month every second or third year, which additional month they called embolimaeus.2.
Intercalated time.Definition 2024
embolism
embolism
English
Noun
embolism (plural embolisms)
- (pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of an artery by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.
- The insertion or intercalation of days into the calendar in order to correct the error arising from the difference between the civil year and the solar year.
- 1844, The Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany, volume 2:
- Authorities differ as to the manner in which the Arabs practised embolism: some say, they added a month to every third year; others, that they intercalated seven months in a period of nineteen years ; and others, nine months in twenty-four years.
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Derived terms
Related terms
- embolismic
- embolismical
- embolismatic
- embolus
Translations
obstruction or occlusion of an artery by an embolus
insertion of days into the calendar
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