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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, or caused by an embolus or an embolism.
  • adjective Of or relating to emboly.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Inserted; intercalated; embolismic.
  • In pathology, relating to embolism, or plugging of a blood-vessel.
  • Pertaining to emboly; characterized by or resulting from emboly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Embolismic.
  • adjective (Med.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism.
  • adjective (Biol.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective pathology Of or relating to an embolus or an embolism.
  • adjective Pertaining to emboly.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to an embolism or embolus

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Examples

  • NMT is currently investigating the potential connection between a common heart defect that allows a right-to-left shunt or flow of blood through a defect like a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and brain attacks such as embolic stroke, transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and migraine headaches.

    unknown title 2011

  • NMT is currently investigating the potential connection between a common heart defect that allows a right-to-left shunt or flow of blood through a defect like a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and brain attacks such as embolic stroke, transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and migraine headaches.

    Business Wire Travel News 2010

  • NMT is currently investigating the potential connection between a common heart defect that allows a right-to-left shunt or flow of blood through a defect like a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and brain attacks such as embolic stroke, transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and migraine headaches.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • NMT is currently investigating the potential connection between a common heart defect that allows a right-to-left shunt or flow of blood through a defect like a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and brain attacks such as embolic stroke, transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and migraine headaches.

    unknown title 2009

  • Have another embolic stroke mid-pamper-crap why don't you.

    McCain to Obama: 'Drill baby, drill' 2010

  • Macrovascular diseases include heart attacks, cerebrovascular accidents (embolic/ischemic strokes), end stage kidney disease (with renal artery disease), and blindness (through retinal artery disease).

    S.I. Adam, M.D.: US Health Care Reform: As Seen From the Trenches: Part 3 of a 6-Part Series M.D. S.I. Adam 2010

  • Increased C-section leads to longer recovery and hospital stay, and obesity can be associated with increased post-op infections, wound healing delays or thrombo-embolic complications - all of which can further delay hospital discharge post-partum.

    Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Supersizing Pregnancy Care: the Dawn of Bariatric Obstetrics? 2008

  • Macrovascular diseases include heart attacks, cerebrovascular accidents (embolic/ischemic strokes), end stage kidney disease (with renal artery disease), and blindness (through retinal artery disease).

    S.I. Adam, M.D.: US Health Care Reform: As Seen From the Trenches: Part 3 of a 6-Part Series M.D. S.I. Adam 2010

  • Macrovascular diseases include heart attacks, cerebrovascular accidents (embolic/ischemic strokes), end stage kidney disease (with renal artery disease), and blindness (through retinal artery disease).

    S.I. Adam, M.D.: US Health Care Reform: As Seen From the Trenches: Part 3 of a 6-Part Series M.D. S.I. Adam 2010

  • This latest labeling change includes data from two recent studies that found a two-fold increase in thrombo-embolic events associated with the patch (as well as a third study that found no increased risk).

    Thoughts on the Contraceptive Patch and Blood Clot Risks aka TBTAM 2008

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