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embolia

embolia is the plural of embolium.

Meaning of embolium

Noun

embolium (plural embolia)

  1. A narrow piece separating the costa and corium in certain insects of the suborder Heteroptera.
    • Hemelytral membranes small, not reaching apex of abdomen; costal margin of embolium rather evenly arcuate, hardly ampliate toward base. Connexivum well exposed, segmental angles rectilinear, not at all produced.1965 September, Herbert Ruckes, “Several New Genera and Species of Discocephaline Pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society, volume LXXIII, number 3...

Questions about embolia

What is embolia the plural of?
Embolia is the plural of embolium.

Words near embolia in the dictionary

  1. embole
  2. embolectomies
  3. embolectomy
  4. emboles
  5. emboli
  6. embolia
  7. embolic
  8. embolies
  9. emboliform
  10. emboliform nuclei
  11. emboliform nucleus

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