surgical removal of an embolus (usually from an artery)
act noun (acts and actions)
embolectomies
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"embolus" + "-ectomy".
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the emergency surgical removal of emboli which are blocking blood circulation. It usually involves removal of thrombi, and is then referred to as thrombectomy. Embolectomy is an emergency procedure often as the last resort because permanent occlusion... (37 of 636 words)
the surgical removal of an embolus that is blocking a blood vessel (12 of 240 words, pronunciation)
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surgical removal of an embolus (5 of 30 words, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
surgical removal of an embolus (5 of 18 words, pronunciation)
Surgical removal of an embolus. (5 of 13 words, pronunciation)
the surgical removal of an embolus (6 of 10 words, pronunciation)
[transitive] to remove something from a larger piece by cutting ; to make something by cutting it from a larger piece | [transitive] same as "cut" ... (25 of 284 words, 9 definitions, 8 usage examples)
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[idiomatic] Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose. | Used other than as an idiom: see cut, out. | [transitive] To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop/cease (doing something). | [transitive] To... (35 of 131 words, 10 definitions, 13 usage examples)
the removal, especially of organs, abnormal growths, or harmful substances, from the body by mechanical means, as by surgery. | the reduction in ... (22 of 78 words, 3 definitions, pronunciation)
the loss of ice or snow from a glacier or iceberg, or the loss of rock or similar material, caused by a process such as melting or erosion (28 of 34 words, pronunciations)
the surgical removal of an embolus, usually a blood clot or other obstruction, in a blood vessel (17 of 33 words, pronunciation)
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Origin: "embolus" + "-ectomy".
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Origin: Latin, piston of a pump, from Greek embolos, stopper, plug, from emballein, to insert; see "emblem".
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Origin: New Latin -ectomia: Greek ek-, out; see "ecto-" + -tomiā, -tomy.
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