What is "embolic"

Embolic \Em*bol"ic\, a. [Gr. ? to throw in. See Embolism.]

1. Embolismic.

2. (Med.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.

3. (Biol.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.

a. 1 (context pathology English) Of or relating to an embolus or an embolism. 2 Pertaining to emboly.

adj. of or relating to an embolism or embolus