資料來源 : pyDict

栓子,栓塞物

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Embolus \Em"bo*lus\, n.; pl. {Emboli}. [L., fr. Gr. ? pointed so
   as to be put or thrust in, fr. ? to throw, thrust, or put in.
   See {Emblem}.]
   1. Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a
      pump or syringe.

   2. (Med.) A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel,
      being brought thither by the blood current. It consists
      most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a
      morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic
      organism.

資料來源 : WordNet®

embolus
     n : an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot)
         circulating in the blood
     [also: {emboli} (pl)]