embolism

embolism is a   Noun

Definition:

[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] The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.

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