embolüs

listen to the pronunciation of embolüs
Turkish - English
embolus
An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the blood stream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel
abnormal particle (such as a blood clot or air bubble) circulating in the bloodstream
formed material circulating in the blood stream during life and coming to rest, blocking a vessel
a clot or plug carried in the blood from another location which lodges in the vessel and can cause ischemia; formed by blood platelets and fibrin
a blood clot (or other foreign substance) that travels in the blood stream to occlude an artery or vein
Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe
It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism
An embolus is a clot of blood, fat, air, or some other substance that travels through the bloodstream, lodging in small vessels
an abnormal particle (such as cholesterol, platelet clump, blood clot, calcium fleck, an air bubble, fat, or some combination of these) circulating in the blood
a mass of clotted blood or other material moved by the blood from one vessel and forced into a smaller one
Also called embolism; a blood clot that forms in the blood vessel in one part of the body and travels to another part
A stiff spur found on the cymbium of a mature male's pedipalp
an abnormal particle e
A detached mass within a blood vessel that is carried along with blood flow
A blood clot or other foreign substance that is carried in the bloodstream and has the potential to impede and/or obstruct circulation
= tissue particle transported by the blood stream also foreign bodies, a thrombus or gas bubbles, which get stuck when the vessel narrows and thus block the vessel
A blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the blood stream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel
an air bubble or part of a clot circulating in the blood
A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current
{i} clump of undissolved material in the bloodstream (Medicine)
embolüs

    Hyphenation

    em·bo·lüs

    Etymology

    () From Latin embolus (“piston”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβολος (embolos, “peg, stopper”).
Favorites
More...
Clear