[1865–70; embol(us) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: batting average, black belt, dunk, figure skating, valence-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'embolic' in a sentence
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The majority of these cases presented with embolic complications or syncope.
Ramy Mando, Julian J. Barbat, Alessandro Vivacqua 2018, 'The Mysterious Mitral Mass: A Case of Valvular Myxoma', Case Reports in Cardiologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3927948. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Despite the benign nature of this tumor, it carries very high risk of embolic complications.
Elisabetta Grolla, Michele Dalla Vestra, Giampaolo Zoffoli, Riccardo D'Ascoli, AdrianaCritelli, Rocco Quatrale, Domenico Mangino, Fausto Rigo 2017, 'Papillary fibroelastoma, unusual cause of stroke in a young man: a case report', Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgeryhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-017-0592-6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Embolic protection devices were used in all succeeded cases.
Mohamad Ashraf Ahmad, Salah Sayed Atta, Carmelo Sgroi, Antonino Nicosia, Yehia T.Kishk, Hamdy Soliman, Corrado Tamburino 2014, 'Peri-procedural', Egyptian Heart Journalhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110260813000938. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Embolic occlusion was induced by transfer of acetic acid–induced embolus into the brain.
Terumasa Hashimoto, Keita Shibata, Hisayuki Ohata, Keiji Hasumi, Kazuo Honda 2014, 'Altered Gene Expression in an Embolic Stroke Model After Thrombolysis With TissuePlasminogen Activator and Stachybotrys microspora Triprenyl Phenol-7', Journal of Pharmacological Scienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319301574. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There were no changes consistent with embolic effect under the microscope.
Victor Araujo Felzemburgh, Rafaela Cavalcante das Neves Barbosa, Victor Luiz CorreiaNunes, José Humberto Oliveira Campos 2012, 'Fat embolism in liposuction and intramuscular grafts in rabbits Embolia gordurosana lipoaspiração e enxertia intramuscular em coelhos', Acta Cirurgica Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502012000500002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We present two cases of embolic stroke that seemed to be caused by mucin-producing adenomyosis.
Koki Okazaki, Fumiaki Oka, Hideyuki Ishihara, Michiyasu Suzuki 2018, 'Cerebral infarction associated with benign mucin-producing adenomyosis: report oftwo cases', BMC Neurologyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-018-1169-2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Seven samples, sectioned after brain embolic stroke, were used for the analysis.
Taizen Nakase, Tetsuya Maeda, Yasuji Yoshida, Ken Nagata 2009, 'Ischemia Alters the Expression of Connexins in the Aged Human Brain', Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/147946. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
At least one embolic stroke pattern was detected in 67 (52.7%) patients.
Ilko L. Maier, Katharina Schregel, André Karch, Mark Weber-Krueger, Rafael T. Mikolajczyk,Raoul Stahrenberg, Klaus Gröschel, Mathias Bähr, Michael Knauth, Marios-Nikos Psychogios,Rolf Wachter, Jan Liman 2017, 'Association between Embolic Stroke Patterns, ESUS Etiology, and New Diagnosis of AtrialFibrillation: A Secondary Data Analysis of the Find-AF Trial', Stroke Research and Treatmenthttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1391843. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
No thrombo-embolic complications were registered for patients receiving tranexamic acid.
R. A. Klaassen, C. A. Selles, J. W. van den Berg, M. M. Poelman, E. van der Harst 2018, 'Tranexamic acid therapy for postoperative bleeding after bariatric surgery', BMC Obesityhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40608-018-0213-5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)