Em"bo*lism (?), n. [L.
embolismus, from Gr. ? to throw or put in, insert; cf. ?
intercalated: cf. F. 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. (Med.) The occlusion of a blood
vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden
unconsciousness and paralysis.