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Embolus
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.
(2):
(n.) Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Embolus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/embolus.html. 1828.