a. Pathol. [f. EMBOL-US + -IC.] Relating to or caused by an embolus.
1866. A. Flint, Princ. Med. (1880), 33. The multiple abscesses in pyæmia are, for the most part, of embolic origin.
1874. Jones & Siev., Pathol. Anat., 270. Embolic softening is the lesion most frequently discovered.
