EMBOLUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: emboli

Meaning:

An abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("embolus" is a kind of...):

clot; coagulum (a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid)

Holonyms ("embolus" is a part of...):

embolism (occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle))

Derivation:

embolic (of or relating to an embolism or embolus)