Antonyms for emboli
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : em-buh-luh s |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛm bə ləs |
Definition of emboli
Origin :- 1660s, "stopper, wedge," from Latin embolus "piston of a pump," from Greek embolos "peg, stopper; anything pointed so as to be easily thrust in," also "a tongue (of land), beak (of a ship)," from emballein (see emblem). Medical sense is from 1866. Related: Embolic.
- As in blockade : noun barrier
- As in blood clot : noun mass of thickened blood
- As in clot : noun blockage, mass of coagulation
- Emboli derived from venous thrombi are sometimes carried into the pulmonary artery or its branches.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
- It is evident that the emboli entering the systemic circulation are usually arrested in the pulmonary capillaries.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
- The lodgment of emboli produces symptoms whose nature depends upon the organ involved.
- Extract from : « Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry » by Maximilian Stern
- Although most emboli are detached portions of thrombi, any foreign body of suitable size may become an embolus.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various
- An appreciation of the laws of the transfer of emboli renders such a discovery almost certain.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various
- Is the formation of emboli in the terminal branches of arteries always dependent on the disintegration of thrombi?
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various
- In this condition there may be found in the blood-vessels both thrombi and emboli.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various
- Erratic chills announce the lodgment of emboli in distant organs.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various
Synonyms for emboli
- array
- bar
- barricade
- batch
- battery
- blank wall
- body
- bulk
- bunch
- bundle
- clog
- closure
- clotting
- clump
- cluster
- coagulum
- coalescence
- conglutination
- consolidation
- crassamentum
- curd
- curdling
- embolism
- embolus
- encirclement
- glob
- gob
- group
- grume
- hindrance
- impediment
- infarct
- infarction
- lump
- obstacle
- obstruction
- occlusion
- precipitate
- restriction
- roadblock
- set
- siege
- snag
- stop
- stoppage
- thickness
- thrombus
- wall
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