Cardiovascular
embolism
EM-boh-lizm
StatusNew
Definition
Obstruction of a blood vessel by a traveling clot or foreign matter
PathologyCardiovascular
Breakdown
Root
embol/o
plug
Suffix
-ism
condition
Etymology
Greek: embol/o (plug) + -ism (condition)
EM-boh-lizm
Obstruction of a blood vessel by a traveling clot or foreign matter
plug
condition
Greek: embol/o (plug) + -ism (condition)