embolism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an insertion into a calendar
    intercalation.
  2. noun occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)

WordNet

Em"bo*lism noun
Etymology
L. embolismus, from Gr. to throw or put in, insert; cf. intercalated: cf. F. embolisme. See Emblem.
Definitions
  1. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.
  2. Intercalated time. Johnson.
  3. (Med.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.

Webster 1913