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embolic

embolic is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.(Med.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.
  2. 2.(Biol.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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