Crossword-Solution: EMBOLUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Embolus | n. | Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe. |
| Embolus | n. | A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism. |
We have 11 clues for the answer “EMBOLUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| AIR bubble obstructing a blood vessel | 1 answer |
| BLOOD, particle in | 1 answer |
| BUBBLE of air obstructing a blood vessel | 1 answer |
| FATTY mass floating in blood and obstructing a blood vessel | 1 answer |
| Foreign particle in circulatory system. | 1 answer |
| fatty mass | 1 answer |
| material that blocks a blood vessel | 1 answer |
| air bubble | 11 answers |
| AN ABNORMAL PARTICLE CIRCULATING IN THE BLOOD | 11 answers |
| clot | 30 answers |
| Obstruction | 51 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
AZECME
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with EMBOLUS (5)
Detachment of a portion of the thrombus, according to Hoare, may result in the lodgment of an embolus in the brain or kidneys.
The extent of the gangrene depends upon the site of impaction of the embolus, thus if the _abdominal aorta_ becomes suddenly occluded by an embolus at its bifurcation, the obstruction of the iliacs and femorals induces symmetrical gangrene of both extremities as high as the inguinal ligaments.
When an embolus becomes impacted at the _bifurcation of the popliteal_, if gangrene ensues it usually spreads well up the leg.
Sarcoma may invade an adjacent vein on such a scale that if the invading portion becomes detached it may constitute a dangerous embolus.
When aseptic, a thrombus may become detached and be carried off in the blood-stream as an embolus; it may become organised; or it may degenerate and undergo calcification.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1948).