embolism
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an insertion into a calendar
Types & categories
- interval hypernym
Parts & wholes
- calendar part holonym
Sense 2 noun
occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
Types & categories
- occlusion hypernym
- aeroembolism hyponym
- fat embolism hyponym
- pulmonary embolism hyponym
Parts & wholes
- embolus part meronym
Related & opposite
- embolic derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | calendar |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | interval |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | embolic |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | embolus |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | occlusion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | aeroembolism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fat embolism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pulmonary embolism |