Medical Term
embolus
also: emboli
material carried by the BLOOD which then lodges elsewhere in the body (see EMBOLISM ). The material may be a blood clot, fat, air, a piece of tumour, etc.
Source: mediLexicon corpus · slug
embolusmaterial carried by the BLOOD which then lodges elsewhere in the body (see EMBOLISM ). The material may be a blood clot, fat, air, a piece of tumour, etc.
embolus