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embolus

/ˈɛmbələs/

embolus noun: an obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.

Noun

embolus (plural emboli or emboluses)

  1. An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.
  2. The structure on the end of the palp of male arachnids which contains the opening to the ejaculatory duct.
    • Those spiders with a simple bulb insert most of this; those with a complex palp insert only the embolus, which in some species is very long […]1996, Michael J Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins, published 1996, page 22

embolus meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

embolus in Tamil

தக்கை, உறத்கள், உள்ளெறிக

embolus in Indonesian

an obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot
embolus

Forms of embolus

pluralemboli
pluralemboluses

Plural of embolus: emboli or emboluses

Origin of embolus

The term was coined in 1848 by Rudolf Virchow From Latin embolus (“piston”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβολος (émbolos, “peg, stopper”).

Words formed from embolus

Questions about embolus

What does embolus mean?
Embolus means an obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.
What is embolus in Tamil?
Embolus in Tamil is தக்கை, உறத்கள், உள்ளெறிக. See Embolus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is embolus?
Embolus is a noun.
How do you pronounce embolus?
Embolus is pronounced /ˈɛmbələs/.
What is the plural of embolus?
The plural of embolus is emboli.

Words near embolus in the dictionary

  1. embolos
  2. embolotherapies
  3. embolotherapy
  4. embolster
  5. embolstered
  6. embolus
  7. emboluses
  8. emboly
  9. embonate
  10. embonates
  11. embondage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: embolus (page history and authors); embolus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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