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Occlusion
| Occlusion Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Occlusion?
[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)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Occlusion: block |
blockage |
blockage |
closure |
closure |
occluded front |
stop |
stoppage
Related Terms | Find terms related to Occlusion: abdominal epilepsy |
access |
acquired epilepsy |
activated epilepsy |
affect epilepsy |
akinetic epilepsy |
apoplexy |
arrest |
arrestation |
arrestment |
attack |
autonomic epilepsy |
blockade |
blockage |
blocking |
cardiac epilepsy |
check |
clogging |
clonic spasm |
clonus |
closing |
closing up |
closure |
constriction |
convulsion |
cortical epilepsy |
cramp |
cursive epilepsy |
delay |
detainment |
detention |
diurnal epilepsy |
eclampsia |
epilepsia |
epilepsia gravior |
epilepsia major |
epilepsia minor |
epilepsia mitior |
epilepsia nutans |
epilepsia tarda |
epilepsy |
falling sickness |
fit |
fixation |
focal epilepsy |
foot-dragging |
frenzy |
grand mal |
hampering |
haute mal |
hindering |
hindrance |
holdback |
holdup |
hysterical epilepsy |
ictus |
impediment |
inhibition |
interference |
interruption |
Jacksonian epilepsy |
larval epilepsy |
laryngeal epilepsy |
laryngospasm |
latent epilepsy |
let |
lockjaw |
matutinal epilepsy |
menstrual epilepsy |
musicogenic epilepsy |
myoclonous epilepsy |
negativism |
nocturnal epilepsy |
nuisance value |
obstruction |
obstructionism |
opposition |
paroxysm |
petit mal |
physiologic epilepsy |
psychic epilepsy |
psychomotor epilepsy |
reflex epilepsy |
repression |
resistance |
restraint |
restriction |
retardation |
retardment |
Rolandic epilepsy |
rotatoria |
seizure |
sensory epilepsy |
serial epilepsy |
setback |
shutdown |
shutting |
shutting up |
spasm |
squeeze |
stoppage |
stranglehold |
stricture |
stroke |
suppression |
tardy epilepsy |
tetanus |
tetany |
throes |
thromboembolism |
thrombosis |
tonic epilepsy |
tonic spasm |
torsion spasm |
traumatic epilepsy |
trismus |
ucinate epilepsy |
visitation
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
Occlusion In Webster's Dictionary
\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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