embolism
noun
[ ˈɛmbəlɪz(ə)m ]
• obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble.
• "causes of cerebral embolism"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘the insertion of an intercalary period in the calendar’): via late Latin from Greek embolismos, from emballein ‘insert’. The medical sense dates from the mid 19th century.
