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   embolism

   /ˈɛmbəlɪz(ə)m/

   noun

   • 1. obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble: "causes of cerebral embolism"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘the insertion of an intercalary period in the calendar’): via late Latin from Greek embolismos, from emballein ‘insert’. The medical sense dates from the mid 19th century.

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