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embolia
An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.
embolismo
The insertion or intercalation of days into the calendar in order to correct the error arising from the difference between the civil year and the solar year.
Authorities differ as to the manner in which the Arabs practised embolism: some say, they added a month to every third year; others, that they intercalated seven months in a period…
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