OCCLUSION: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | u'kloozhun
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] the act of blocking
- [n] an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
- [n] (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed
- [n] (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
- [n] closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)
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| | Synonyms: | | block, blockage, blockage, closure, closure, occluded front, stop, stoppage |
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| | See Also: | | attack, breech closer, breechblock, coronary occlusion, embolism, front, impediment, impedimenta, implosion, laryngospasm, obstructer, obstruction, obstruction, obstructor, plug, position, spatial relation, stopper, stopple, thromboembolism, thrombosis, vapor lock, vapour lock | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Oc*clu"sion\, n. [See {Occlude}.]
1. The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.
Constriction and occlusion of the orifice. --Howell.
2. (Med.) The transient approximation of the edges of a
natural opening; imperforation. --Dunglison.
{Occlusion of gases} (Chem. & Physics), the phenomenon of
absorbing gases, as exhibited by platinum, palladium,
iron, or charcoal; thus, palladium absorbs, or occludes,
nearly a thousand times its own volume of hydrogen, and in
this case a chemical compound seems to be formed.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Closure of a passage such as ducts or blood vessels. In dentistry, the alignment of upper and lower teeth when the jaws are closed. |
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