What is the meaning of Embolus?

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.

The structure on the end of the palp of male arachnids which contains the opening to the ejaculatory duct.

embolus (an obstruction causing an embolism)

piston

alley, back street

anything oblong that can be thrusted into something, peg, plug, rod

  1. gunstick, ramrod
  2. any foreign body, especially a migrated thrombus, that travels through the blood vessels, such that it becomes lodged

gunstick, ramrod

any foreign body, especially a migrated thrombus, that travels through the blood vessels, such that it becomes lodged

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