embolism
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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”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛmbəlɪzəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
embolism (plural embolisms)
- (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.
- 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.
- (Christianity) An intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil coming after the Lord's Prayer.
- (Roman Catholicism) The variable body of a liturgical preface, between the protocol and eschatocol, typically stating the motive for worship on a given day.
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Translations
obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus
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insertion of days into the calendar
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References
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French embolisme.
Noun
embolism n (plural embolismuri)
Declension
Declension of embolism
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) embolism | embolismul | (niște) embolismuri | embolismurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) embolism | embolismului | (unor) embolismuri | embolismurilor |
vocative | embolismule | embolismurilor |
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