3. (Biol.)
Defn: Pushing or growing in; — said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.
EMBOLISM
Em"bo*lism, n. Etym: [L. embolismus, from Gr. embolisme. See Emblem.]
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.)
Defn: The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
EMBOLISMAL
Em`bo*lis"mal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to embolism; intercalary; as, embolismal months.
EMBOLISMATIC; EMBOLISMATICAL
Em`bo*lis*mat"ic, Em`bo*lis*mat"ic*al, a.