embolus

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.
  2. The structure on the end of the palp of male arachnids which contains the opening to the ejaculatory duct.
    — Those spiders with a simple bulb insert most of this; those with a complex palp insert only the embolus, which in some species is very long […]

词形变化

emboli plural emboluses plural

词汇关系

衍生词
atheroembolus embolic embolism embolo- macroembolus microembolus thromboembolus
相关词
embolon thrombus

词源

The term was coined in 1848 by Rudolf Virchow From Latin embolus (“piston”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβολος (émbolos, “peg, stopper”).
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