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embolism
(encz) | embolism,embolie n: Zdeněk Brož |
Embolism
(gcide) | Embolism \Em"bo*lism\, n. [L. embolismus, from Gr. ? to throw or
put in, insert; cf. ? intercalated: cf. F. embolisme. See
Emblem.]
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.
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2. Intercalated time. --Johnson.
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3. (Med.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus.
Embolism in the brain often produces sudden
unconsciousness and paralysis.
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embolism
(wn) | embolism
n 1: an insertion into a calendar [syn: embolism,
intercalation]
2: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or
air bubble or other particle) |
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aeroembolism
(encz) | aeroembolism,aeroembolizmus n: Zdeněk Brož |
embolism
(encz) | embolism,embolie n: Zdeněk Brož |
fat embolism
(encz) | fat embolism, n: |
gas embolism
(encz) | gas embolism, n: |
pulmonary embolism
(encz) | pulmonary embolism, n: |
thromboembolism
(encz) | thromboembolism, n: |
Embolismal
(gcide) | Embolismal \Em`bo*lis"mal\, a.
Pertaining to embolism; intercalary; as, embolismal months.
Embolismatic |
Embolismatic
(gcide) | Embolismatic \Em`bo*lis*mat"ic\, Embolismatical
\Em`bo*lis*mat"ic*al\, a.
Embolismic. Embolismic |
Embolismatical
(gcide) | Embolismatic \Em`bo*lis*mat"ic\, Embolismatical
\Em`bo*lis*mat"ic*al\, a.
Embolismic. Embolismic |
Embolismic
(gcide) | Embolismic \Em`bo*lis"mic\, Embolismical \Em`bo*lis"mic*al\, a.
[Cf. F. embolismique.]
Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an
embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is
intercalation.
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Embolismic year
(gcide) | Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge['a]r; akin to
OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r,
Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year,
springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend
y[=a]re year. [root]4, 279. Cf. Hour, Yore.]
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1. The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the
ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its
revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year;
also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this,
adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and
called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354
days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360
days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days,
and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of
366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on
account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
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Of twenty year of age he was, I guess. --Chaucer.
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Note: The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly
commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued
throughout the British dominions till the year 1752.
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2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about
the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
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3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. --Shak.
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Anomalistic year, the time of the earth's revolution from
perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6
hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds.
A year's mind (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased
person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. {A
month's mind}, under Month.
Bissextile year. See Bissextile.
Canicular year. See under Canicular.
Civil year, the year adopted by any nation for the
computation of time.
Common lunar year, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354
days.
Common year, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from
leap year.
Embolismic year, or Intercalary lunar year, the period of
13 lunar months, or 384 days.
Fiscal year (Com.), the year by which accounts are
reckoned, or the year between one annual time of
settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another.
Great year. See Platonic year, under Platonic.
Gregorian year, Julian year. See under Gregorian, and
Julian.
Leap year. See Leap year, in the Vocabulary.
Lunar astronomical year, the period of 12 lunar synodical
months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds.
Lunisolar year. See under Lunisolar.
Periodical year. See Anomalistic year, above.
Platonic year, Sabbatical year. See under Platonic, and
Sabbatical.
Sidereal year, the time in which the sun, departing from
any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6
hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds.
Tropical year. See under Tropical.
Year and a day (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an
act or an event, in order that an entire year might be
secured beyond all question. --Abbott.
Year of grace, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini;
A. D. or a. d.
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Embolismical
(gcide) | Embolismic \Em`bo*lis"mic\, Embolismical \Em`bo*lis"mic*al\, a.
[Cf. F. embolismique.]
Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an
embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is
intercalation.
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aeroembolism
(wn) | aeroembolism
n 1: obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air
bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic
injection or as a complication from scuba diving [syn: {air
embolism}, aeroembolism, gas embolism]
2: pain resulting from rapid change in pressure [syn:
decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism,
gas embolism, caisson disease, bends] |
air embolism
(wn) | air embolism
n 1: obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air
bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic
injection or as a complication from scuba diving [syn: {air
embolism}, aeroembolism, gas embolism]
2: pain resulting from rapid change in pressure [syn:
decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism,
gas embolism, caisson disease, bends] |
embolism
(wn) | embolism
n 1: an insertion into a calendar [syn: embolism,
intercalation]
2: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or
air bubble or other particle) |
fat embolism
(wn) | fat embolism
n 1: serious condition in which fat blocks an artery; fat can
enter the blood stream after a long bone is fractured or if
adipose tissue is injured or as a result of a fatty liver |
gas embolism
(wn) | gas embolism
n 1: obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air
bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic
injection or as a complication from scuba diving [syn: {air
embolism}, aeroembolism, gas embolism]
2: pain resulting from rapid change in pressure [syn:
decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism,
gas embolism, caisson disease, bends] |
pulmonary embolism
(wn) | pulmonary embolism
n 1: blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a
blood clot |
thromboembolism
(wn) | thromboembolism
n 1: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken
away from a thrombus |
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