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- Dictionaryocclusion/əˈkluːʒn/
noun
- 1. the blockage or closing of an opening, blood vessel, or hollow organ: "examination revealed central retinal artery occlusion"
- 2. a process whereby something is hidden or obscured from prominence or view: "the occlusion of female agency in recent and contemporary discourse on the subject"
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Occlusion is one of many English terms derived from claudere. Some others are recluse, seclusion, and exclude. An occlusion occurs when something has been closed up or blocked off. Almost all heart attacks are the result of the occlusion of a coronary (heart) artery by a blood clot.
OCCLUSION definition: 1. in medicine, something that blocks a tube or opening in the body, or when something is blocked…. Learn more.
OCCLUSION meaning: 1. in medicine, something that blocks a tube or opening in the body, or when something is blocked…. Learn more.
Occlusion is either the act of blocking something or a specific blockage. There can be occlusions blocking the street or your arteries. When dentists say occlusion, they’re talking about what your teeth look like when your mouth is closed.
Occlusion definition: the act of closing, blocking, or shutting something, or the state of being closed or blocked. See examples of OCCLUSION used in a sentence.
1. a. The process of occluding. b. Something that occludes. 2. Medicine An obstruction of an anatomical passage, as of an artery by plaque. 3. Dentistry The alignment of the teeth of the upper and lower jaws when brought together. 4. Meteorology. a. The process of occluding air masses. b. An occluded front. 5.
noun. 1. the act or process of occluding or the state of being occluded. 2. meteorology another term for occluded front. 3. dentistry. the normal position of the teeth when the jaws are closed. 4. phonetics. the complete closure of the vocal tract at some point, as in the closure prior to the articulation of a plosive. Collins English Dictionary.
Definition of occlusion noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Occlusion definition: Closure at some point in the vocal tract that blocks the flow of air in the production of an oral or nasal stop.
Occlusion definition: the act of closing, blocking, or shutting something, or the state of being closed or blocked. See examples of OCCLUSION used in a sentence.
