embolism
名词 n.
美 [ˈɛmbɫ̩ɪzm̩]
英文释义
名词 n.
- An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.
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The insertion or intercalation of days into the calendar in order to correct the error arising from the difference between the civil year and the solar year.
— Authorities differ as to the manner in which the Arabs practised embolism: some say, they added a month to every third year; others, that they intercalated seven months in a period of nineteen years ; and others, nine months in twenty-four years.
- An intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil coming after the Lord's Prayer.
- The variable body of a liturgical preface, between the protocol and eschatocol, typically stating the motive for worship on a given day.
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The term was coined in 1848 by Rudolf Virchow. From Old French embolisme (“intercalation of days in a calendar to correct errors”), from Late Latin embolismus, from Ancient Greek ἐμβολισμός (embolismós, “intercalary”), from ἐμβάλλω (embállō, “to insert, throw in”).
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