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embolus.

piston;

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈɛm.bɔ.ɫʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈɛm.bo.lus]

  1. piston

    declension-2 · masculine

  2. alley, back street

    Medieval-Latin · declension-2 · masculine

  3. anything oblong that can be thrusted into something, peg, plug, rod gunstick, ramrod

    New-Latin · declension-2 · masculine

  4. anything oblong that can be thrusted into something, peg, plug, rod any foreign body, especially a migrated thrombus, that travels through the blood vessels, such that it becomes lodged

    New-Latin · declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐμ- (em-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek ἐμβάλλω (embállō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἔμβολος (émbolos)bor. Latin embolus Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔμβολος (émbolos).

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