Discobolus :: Discobolus (n.) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it..
Embolus :: Embolus (n.) Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe..
Embolus :: Embolus (n.) A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism..
Obolus :: Obolus (n.) A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value..
Obolus :: Obolus (n.) An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm..