or Brit  em*bo*lise  vb, -lized  or Brit  -lised  -liz*ing  or Brit  -lis*ing vt , of an embolus  :  to lodge in and obstruct (as a blood vessel or organ) vi  :  to break up into emboli or become an embolus <marrow fragments embolized and were swept to the lung from the site of the fracture>  .
 
 
 
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