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- Dictionaryocclude/əˈkluːd/
verb
- 1. stop, close up, or obstruct (an opening, orifice, or passage): "thick make-up can occlude the pores"
- 2. hide or obscure from prominence or view: "voices are completely occluded from participating in the debate"
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Occlude is a verb that means to close up or block off, to obstruct, or to conceal. It can also mean to take up and hold by absorption or adsorption, or to come into contact with opposing teeth.
Occlude means to block something, especially in medical or scientific contexts. Learn how to use this verb with synonyms, related words, and examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Occlude means to block something, especially in medical or scientific contexts. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and related terms from the Cambridge Dictionary.
to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.). Synonyms: plug, block, clog, obstruct. to shut in, out, or off. Physical Chemistry. (of certain metals and other solids) to incorporate (gases and other foreign substances), as by absorption or adsorption.
Occlude means to obstruct, as with an opening. You hear this a lot in a medical context. Heart surgeons are looking for occlusions in blood vessels — things that occlude the flow of blood. Occlude does not exist only in a medical context.
Occlude means to block or stop up a passage or opening, or to prevent the passage of something. It also has specific meanings in chemistry, meteorology, and dentistry. See examples, synonyms, and word origin.
1. To cause to become closed; obstruct: occlude an artery. 2. To prevent the passage of: occlude light; occlude the flow of blood. 3. Chemistry To absorb or adsorb and retain (a substance). 4. To force (air) upward from the earth's surface, as when a cold front overtakes and undercuts a warm front. 5.
