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Meaning of EMBOLIC

Pronunciation:  em'bâlik

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 Definition: [adj]  of or relating to an embolism or embolus
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Em*bol"ic\, a. [Gr. ? to throw in. See {Embolism}.]
1. Embolismic.
2. (Med.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism;
   as, an embolic abscess.
3. (Biol.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of
   invagination. See under {Invagination}.
 

 

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