embolus
/ˈembələs/noun
(pl. emboli /-laɪ/)
- a blood clot, air bubble, piece of fatty deposit, or other object which has been carried in the bloodstream to lodge in a vessel and cause an embolism栓子。
派生词
embolic
adjective词源
mid 17th cent. （denoting something inserted or moving within another, specifically the plunger of a syringe）： from Latin, literally 'piston', from Greek embolos 'peg, stopper'. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.