embolic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to an embolism or embolus

WordNet

Em*bol"ic adjective
Etymology
Gr. to throw in. See Embolism.
Definitions
  1. Embolismic.
  2. (Med.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.
  3. (Biol.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.

Webster 1913