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embol/o: Embolus

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The combining form embol slash o names an embolus, a mass travelling through the bloodstream until it lodges.

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A pulmonary embolism is an embolus lodged in a lung vessel.

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A thrombus stays where it forms; an embolus moves. The distinction is where it is.