embolize

em·bo·lize

verb

em·bo·lized or British em·bo·lisedem·bo·liz·ing or British em·bo·lis·ing

Definition of EMBOLIZE

transitive verb

of an embolus : to lodge in and obstruct (as a blood vessel or organ)

intransitive verb

: to break up into emboli or become an embolus <bone marrow fragments embolized and were swept to the lung from the site of the fracture>

Variants of EMBOLIZE

em·bo·lize or British em·bo·lise \ˈem-bə-ˌlīz\