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embolus

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛmbələs/Part of speech nounSorted belmosuStarts with EEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an abnormal particle (e.g.

  2. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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 […]

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