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Impaction

Impaction Meaning & Definition
Impaction Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Impaction?

[n] a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something
[n] the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed
[n] a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally
[n] a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon

Synonyms | Synonyms for Impaction: impacted tooth | impingement

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See Also | condition | crash | disorder | smash | status | upset

Impaction In Webster's Dictionary

\Im*pac"tion\, n. [L. impactio a striking : cf. F. impaction.] 1. (Surg.) The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip. 2. An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast.

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