Embolism
Embolism , noun
[Latin embolismus, from Greek {not transcribed} to throw or put in, insert; compare {not transcribed} intercalated: compare French embolisme. See Emblem.]
1.
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 year.
2.
Intercalated time. — Johnson
3.
(Medicine) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.