embolism
nounUS [ˈɛmbɫ̩ɪzm̩] · /ˈɛmbəlɪzəm/
Etymology The term was coined in 1848 by Rudolf Virchow. From Old French embolisme (“intercalation of days in a calendar to correct errors”), from Late Latin embolismus, from Ancient Greek ἐμβολισμός (embolismós, “intercalary”), from ἐμβάλλω (embállō, “to insert, throw in”).
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The insertion or intercalation of days into the calendar in order to correct the error arising from the difference between the civil year and the solar year.
- Authorities differ as to the manner in which the Arabs practised embolism: some say, they added a month to every third year; others, that they intercalated seven months in a period of nineteen years ; and others, nine months in twenty-four years.1844, The Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany, volume 2:
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Christianity An intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil coming after the Lord's Prayer.
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Catholicism, Christianity, Roman Catholicism The variable body of a liturgical preface, between the protocol and eschatocol, typically stating the motive for worship on a given day.
- Derived terms
- aeroembolism, air embolism, amniotic fluid embolism, atheroembolism, cardioembolism, embolismal, embolismatic, embolismic, embolismical, fat embolism, macroembolism, microembolism, paradoxical embolism, pulmonary embolism, radioembolism, thrombembolism, thromboembolism
- Related terms
- embolus, emblem, thrombosis