Embolic(a.) Embolismic.
Embolic(a.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.
Embolic(a.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.
Embolism(n.) 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.
Embolism(n.) Intercalated time.
Embolism(n.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
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