Med. [mod. L., a. Gr. ἐμβολή a throwing or putting in, f. ἐμβάλλειν το throw in, f. ἐν in + βάλλειν to throw.]
† 1. The reducing of a dislocated limb. Obs.
1811. Hooper, Med. Dict., Embole, the reduction or setting of a dislocated bone.
1860. Mayne, Exp. Lex., Embole, a term formerly used for the reduction of a dislocation.
2. ‘A plug or wedge’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
3. = EMBOLUS (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
