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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Embolism

/ĕm'-bōl-ĭzˌ-əm/ · Em·bo·lism · IPA /[ˈɛmbɫ̩ɪzm̩]/
01 n. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in …
  1. 1.
    Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.
  2. 2.
    Intercalated time.
  3. 3.
    The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.(Med.)