This article was automatically translated from the original Turkish version.
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smThe word embolism entered Turkish from the French term embolie, meaning "vessel obstruction." This term was derived from the Ancient Greek embolḗ (εμβολή), meaning "insertion" or "interruption," with the suffix +ia added. The root of the word is the Ancient Greek verb bállō (βάλλω, βολ-), meaning "to throw," which combined with the prefix en+ to form the derived term.
