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embolism
embolism is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 5 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
Intercalated time.
- 3noun
The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
- 4noun
occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
- 5noun
an insertion into a calendar
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