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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
embolism /ˈɛmbəlɪz(ə)m/

▶noun Medicine obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble.

– origin C19: via late L. from Gk embolismos, from emballein ‘insert’.

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