[ˈɛmbəlɪz(ə)m], (Noun)

Definitions:
- obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble
(e.g: causes of cerebral embolism)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘the insertion of an intercalary period in the calendar’): via late Latin from Greek embolismos, from emballein ‘insert’. The medical sense dates from the mid 19th century