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Embolic

Embolismic.

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Embolism 74% connected

Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Embolism 74% connected

Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Embolus 74% connected

Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Embolus 74% connected

Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Embolism 66% connected

Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Embolus 66% connected

Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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