embolism

English

Etymology

The term was coined in 1848 by Rudolf Virchow. From Old French embolisme (“intercalation of days in a calendar to correct errors”), from Late Latin embolismus, from Ancient Greek ἐμβολισμός (embolismós, “intercalary”), from ἐμβάλλω (embállō, “to insert, throw in”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛmbəlɪzəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

embolism (plural embolisms)

1. (pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.
2. The insertion or intercalation of days into the calendar in order to correct the error arising from the difference between the civil year and the solar year.
   • 1844, The Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany‎^[1], volume 2:

     Authorities differ as to the manner in which the Arabs practised embolism: some say, they added a month to every third year; others, that they intercalated seven months in a period of nineteen years ; and others, nine months in twenty-four years.

3. (Christianity) An intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil coming after the Lord's Prayer.
4. (Roman Catholicism) The variable body of a liturgical preface, between the protocol and eschatocol, typically stating the motive for worship on a given day.

Derived terms

• aeroembolism
• air embolism
• amniotic fluid embolism
• atheroembolism
• cardioembolism
• embolismal
• embolismatic
• embolismic
• embolismical
• fat embolism
• macroembolism
• microembolism
• paradoxical embolism
• pulmonary embolism
• radioembolism
• thrombembolism
• thromboembolism

 

Related terms

• embolus
• emblem

Translations

obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus

• Afrikaans: embolisme
• Bulgarian: емболия f (embolija)
• Catalan: embòlia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 栓塞 (zh) (shuānsè)

• Czech: embolie (cs)
• Danish: emboli
• Dutch: embolie (nl) f
• Esperanto: embolio
• Finnish: embolia (fi)
• French: embolie (fr) f
• German: Embolie (de) f
• Greek: εμβολή (el) f (emvolí), εμβολισμός (el) m (emvolismós)
• Hungarian: embólia (hu)
• Icelandic: blóðrek n
• Ido: embolio (io)
• Irish: eambólacht f
• Italian: embolia (it) f
• Japanese: 塞栓 (ja) (そくせん, sokusen)
• Kazakh: эмболия (émboliä)
• Korean: 색전증(塞栓症) (ko) (saekjeonjeung)
• Kyrgyz: эмболия (emboliya)
• Lithuanian: embolija
• Malay: embolik
• Polish: zator (pl)
• Portuguese: embolia (pt) f
• Russian: эмболи́я (ru) (embolíja)
• Slovak: embólia (sk) f
• Spanish: embolia (es) f
• Swedish: emboli (sv)
• Turkish: embolizm

insertion of days into the calendar

• Catalan: embolisme m
• French: embolisme (fr) m
• Spanish: embolismo (es) m

See also

• thrombosis

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French embolisme.

Noun

embolism n (plural embolismuri)

1. embolism

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	embolism	embolismul		embolismuri	embolismurile
genitive-dative	embolism	embolismului		embolismuri	embolismurilor
vocative	embolismule			embolismurilor