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Occlusion

//əˈkluː.ʒən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process of occluding, or something that occludes. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of blocking wordnet
  3. 3
    Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    an obstruction in a pipe or tube wordnet
  5. 5
    The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed wordnet
  2. 7
    An occluded front. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft wordnet
  4. 9
    A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel) wordnet
  6. 11
    The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    The blocking of the view of part of an image by another. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin occlūsiō, occlūsiōnis (“occluding, obstruction”), from the Classical Latin occlūdō (“I shut up or close up; I restrain”), from ob + claudō (“I shut or close”).

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