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(1):

(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.

(2):

(n.) Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Embolus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/embolus.html. 1828.
 
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