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/ˈɛmbələs/ · noun
(pathology) An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel..
Those spiders with a simple bulb insert most of this; those with a complex palp insert only the embolus, which in some species is very long […]
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Embolus means (pathology) An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel..
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Those spiders with a simple bulb insert most of this; those with a complex palp insert only the embolus, which in some species is very long […]
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