Medical Terminology / Unit 7 MedTerm 0417 short lesson, about 20 seconds
embol/o: Embolus
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The idea
The combining form embol slash o names an embolus, a mass travelling through the bloodstream until it lodges.
In practice
A pulmonary embolism is an embolus lodged in a lung vessel.
Where people slip
A thrombus stays where it forms; an embolus moves. The distinction is where it is.
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