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Webster 1913 Edition
Embolism
Em′bo-lism
,Noun.
[L.
embolismus
, from Gr. [GREEK] to throw or put in, insert; cf. [GREEK] intercalated: cf. F. embolisme
. See Emblem
.] 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 year2.
Intercalated time.
Johnson.
3.
(Med.)
The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
Webster 1828 Edition
Embolism
EM'BOLISM
,Noun.
1.
Intercalation; the insertion of days,months or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity. The Greeks made use of the lunar year of 354 days, and to adjust it to the solar year of 365, they added a lunar month every second or third year, which additional month they called embolimaeus.2.
Intercalated time.