What does "embolic" mean?
Embolic: (Med.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.
Additional senses
- 2.(Biol.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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