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embolos
Greek · ancient
"a wedge, an insertion"
literally a wedge, something thrown in, from en- (in) and ballein (to throw)
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Stage 2 of 2
embolism
English · 1600s
"a blockage in a blood vessel"
settled as the medical word for a blockage in a blood vessel
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