- (n.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
- (n.) Intercalated time.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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