embolizev.
/ˈɛmbəlʌɪz/ Medicine.
transitive. To introduce an embolus artificially into, or to cause embolism in (a blood vessel, etc.).
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1957 Amer. Heart Jrnl. 54 486 Frequently, clumps of the small particles embolized visible arteries.
1957 Amer. Heart Jrnl. 54 489 In 1917, Mann embolized awake, locally anesthetized, and anesthetized dogs with paraffin or blood clots.
Derivatives
ˈembolized adj.
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1920 Q. Jrnl. Med. 13 133 In embolized goats in which the condition of dyspnoea was fully established, samples of blood were withdrawn without an anaesthetic.
ˈembolizing adj.
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1949 Surgery XXVI. 710 A local reflex spasm of the pulmonary arterioles initiated by mechanical endovascular irritation by the embolizing particles.
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