Part 3700

<hw>Em"bo*lism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>embolismus</ets>, from Gr. <?/ to throw or put in, insert; cf. <?/ intercalated: cf. F. <ets>embolisme</ets>. See <er>Emblem</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; <as>as, the <ex>embolism</ex> of a lunar month in the Greek year</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Intercalated time.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.</def>

<h1>Embolismal</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em`bo*lis"mal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to embolism; intercalary; <as>as, <ex>embolismal</ex> months</as>.</def>

<h1>Embolismatic, Embolismatical</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw><hw>Em`bo*lis*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Em`bo*lis*mat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Embolismic.</def>

<h1>Embolismic, Embolismical</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw><hw>Em`bo*lis"mic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Em`bo*lis"mic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>embolismique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; <as>as, an <ex>embolismic</ex> year, <ex>i</ex></as>. <i>e</i>., the year in which there is intercalation.</def>

<h1>Embolite</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em"bo*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Gr. <?/ something thrown in between.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide of silver.</def>

<h1>Embolus</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em"bo*lus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Emboli</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ pointed so as to be put or thrust in, fr. <?/ to throw, thrust, or put in. See <er>Emblem</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Emboly</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em"bo*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a putting into.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Embolic invagination. See under <er>Invagination</er>.</def>

<h1>Embonpoint</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em`bon`point"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>en bon point</ets> in good condition. See <er>Bon</er>, and <er>Point</er>.]</ety> <def>Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.</def>

<h1>Emborder</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em*bor"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>em-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>border</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>emborder</ets>.]</ety> <def>To furnish or adorn with a border; to imborder.</def>

<h1>Embosom</h1> <Xpage=483>

<hw>Em*bos"om</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Written also <ets>imbosom</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster.</def>

<blockquote>Glad to <b>embosom</b> his affection. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.</def>