Dictionary entry

Embolic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Em‐bol″ic (?), a. [Gr. � to throw in. See Embolism.] 1. Embolismic.

2. (Med.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.

3. (Biol.) Pushing or growing in; — said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.