embolus

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E0104500 (ĕm′bə-ləs)n. pl. em·bo·li (-lī′) A mass, such as an air bubble, a detached blood clot, or a foreign body, that travels through the bloodstream and lodges so as to obstruct or occlude a blood vessel.

[Latin, piston of a pump, from Greek embolos, stopper, plug, from emballein, to insert; see emblem.]

embolus

(ˈɛmbələs) n, pl -li (-ˌlaɪ) (Pathology) material, such as part of a blood clot or an air bubble, that is transported by the blood stream until it becomes lodged within a small vessel and impedes the circulation. Compare thrombus[C17: via Latin from Greek embolos stopper, from emballein to insert, from ballein to throw; see emblem]

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(ˈɛm bə ləs)

n., pl. -li (-ˌlaɪ) a formerly circulating clump of tissue, gas bubble, fat globule, etc., that has lodged in a blood vessel. [1660–70; < Greek émbolos plug, stopper, n. derivative of embállein]

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Noun

embolus - an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the bloodclot, coagulum - a lump of material formed from the content of a liquidembolism - occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)

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embolus

(ĕm`bələs), foreign matter circulating in and obstructing a blood vessel. It may be a portion of a clot that has separated from the wall of a vessel (see thrombosisthrombosis
, obstruction of an artery or vein by a blood clot (thrombus). Arterial thrombosis is generally more serious because the supply of oxygen and nutrition to an area of the body is halted.
..... Click the link for more information. ), a bubble of gas or air (known as an air embolus), a globule of fat, a clump of bacterial matter, or a clump of tumor cells. It circulates freely through the vessels until it reaches one so small that it cannot go further. An embolus in one of the vessels leading to the lungs, brain, or heart, if large enough, can be fatal; in an arm or leg it may lead to gangrene and, ultimately, the need for amputation. Emergency surgical removal is usually the treatment of choice for a solid embolus. Otherwise, drugs that dilate the vessels and anticoagulants are indicated.

embolus

[′em·bə·ləs] (medicine) A clot or other mass of particulate matter foreign to the bloodstream which lodges in a blood vessel and causes obstruction.

embolus

material, such as part of a blood clot or an air bubble, that is transported by the blood stream until it becomes lodged within a small vessel and impedes the circulation

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embolus

[em´bo-lus] (pl. em´boli) (Gr.) a clot or other plug, usually part or all of a thrombus, brought by the blood from another vessel and forced into a smaller one, thus obstructing circulation; see also embolism.

Embolus impacted at the site of branching of an artery. From Dorland's, 2000. saddle embolus one situated at the bifurcation of a large artery, sometimes blocking both branches.

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em·bo·li

(em'bō-lŭs, -lī), 1. A plug, composed of a detached thrombus or vegetation, mass of bacteria, or other foreign body, occluding a vessel. 2. Synonym(s): emboliform nucleus [G. embolos, a plug, wedge or stopper]

embolus

(ĕm′bə-ləs)n. pl. embo·li (-lī′) A mass, such as an air bubble, a detached blood clot, or a foreign body, that travels through the bloodstream and lodges so as to obstruct or occlude a blood vessel.

em·bo·lus

, pl. emboli (em'bŏ-lŭs, -lī) 1. A plug, composed of a detached thrombus or vegetation, mass of bacteria, quantity of air or gas or foreign body, which occludes a vessel. 2. Synonym(s): emboliform nucleus. [G. embolos, a plug, wedge or stopper]

embolus

Any material carried in the bloodstream to a point where it causes obstruction to the blood flow. Emboli are commonly blood clots but may consist of crystals of CHOLESTEROL from plaques of ATHEROMA in larger arteries, clumps of infected material, air or nitrogen, bone marrow, fat or tumour cells.

Embolus

An embolus (or emboli the plural form) is a blood clot that has detached from its site of origin and travels to the lungs (pulmonary artery), where it can rupture the artery, causing death.Mentioned in: Endocarditis, Myxoma, Vena Cava Filter

em·bo·lus

, pl. emboli (em'bō-lŭs, -lī) 1. A plug, composed of a detached thrombus or vegetation, mass of bacteria, quantity of air or gas or foreign body, which occludes a vessel. 2. Synonym(s): emboliform nucleus. [G. embolos, a plug, wedge or stopper]

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