| NOUN | state | occlusion | closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel) |
|---|---|---|---|
| phenomenon | occlusion, occluded front | (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft | |
| attribute | occlusion | (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed | |
| artifact | occlusion, blockage, block, closure, stop, stoppage | an obstruction in a pipe or tube | |
| act | occlusion, blockage, closure | the act of blocking |
| Sounds | ahkluw'zhahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel). | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | coronary occlusion | occlusion of a coronary artery caused either by progressive atherosclerosis or by a blood clot |
| embolism | occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) | |
| laryngospasm | A closure of the larynx that blocks the passage of air to the lungs | |
| thromboembolism | occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus | |
| thrombosis | The formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel | |
| Broader | attack | A sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition |
| Spanish | oclusión | |
| Adjectives | occlusive | tending to occlude |
| Meaning | (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft. | |
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| Synonym | occluded front | |
| Category | meteorology | The earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather) |
| Broader | front | (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses |
| Spanish | oclusión | |
| Catalan | front oclús | |
| Meaning | (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | dentistry, dental medicine, odontology | The branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth |
| Broader | position, spatial relation | The spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated |
| Meaning | An obstruction in a pipe or tube. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | blockage, block, closure, stop, stoppage | |
| Narrower | breechblock, breech closer | A metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing |
| plug, stopper, stopple | Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly | |
| vapor lock, vapour lock | A stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor) | |
| Broader | obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta | Any structure that makes progress difficult |
| Spanish | bloque, bloqueo, cierre, detención, obstrucción, oclusión, parada | |
| Catalan | destorb, obstacle | |
| Meaning | The act of blocking. | |
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| Synonyms | blockage, closure | |
| Narrower | implosion | The initial occluded phase of a stop consonant |
| Broader | obstruction | The act of obstructing / obstructing |
| Spanish | oclusión | |
| Catalan | oclusió | |
| Verbs | occlude | block passage through |
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