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embolotherapy

embolotherapy noun: the deliberate blocking of a blood vessel for therapeutic effect.

Noun

embolotherapy (plural embolotherapies)

  1. The deliberate blocking of a blood vessel for therapeutic effect.

Forms of embolotherapy

pluralembolotherapies

Origin of embolotherapy

From embolo- + therapy.

Questions about embolotherapy

What does embolotherapy mean?
Embolotherapy means the deliberate blocking of a blood vessel for therapeutic effect.
What part of speech is embolotherapy?
Embolotherapy is a noun.
What is the plural of embolotherapy?
The plural of embolotherapy is embolotherapies.

Words near embolotherapy in the dictionary

  1. embolomycotic
  2. embolon
  3. embolophrasia
  4. embolos
  5. embolotherapies
  6. embolotherapy
  7. embolster
  8. embolstered
  9. embolus
  10. emboluses
  11. emboly

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