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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an insertion into a calendar;
[syn: embolism, intercalation]

2. occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle);


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Embolism \Em"bo*lism\, n. [L. embolismus, from Gr. ? to throw or put in, insert; cf. ? intercalated: cf. F. embolisme. See Emblem.] 1. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year. [1913 Webster] 2. Intercalated time. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

embolism n 1: an insertion into a calendar [syn: embolism, intercalation] 2: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "embolism": bar, barrier, blank wall, blind alley, blind gut, block, blockade, blockage, bottleneck, cecum, choking, choking off, clog, congestion, constipation, costiveness, cul-de-sac, dead end, embolus, gorge, impasse, impediment, infarct, infarction, jam, obstacle, obstipation, obstruction, sealing off, stop, stoppage, strangulation