EMBOLUS

(Lat.), n. m. Em'bol-us(u4s). Gr., /*0oAo (from Ip/SoAAeu', to throw in). Fr., embolie. Ger., E., Keil, Pfropfen, Stdmpel. It., embolo. Sp., embolo. 1. Anything inserted, intercalated, or forced in; in botany, a plug projecting from the cavity of the ovary and closing the foramen of the ovule. [B, 19, 121 (a, 24).] 2. A plug arrested in a blood-ve el or a lymphatic and causing obstruction. 3. The genus Stem on i tes, the genus Cep halo tri chum. or a genus of the Discomycetes. [B, 19, 121 (a, 24).] 4. In cerebral anatomy, the nucleus emboli form is. |L.] Refluent e. An e. supposed to have been regurgitated into an hepatic vein from the inferior vena cava. [Thierfelder (a, 17).] [s. 686]