blockage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The state or condition of being blocked.
The thing that is the cause of such a state, blocking a passage.
Occlusion of a lumen (especially that of a blood vessel or intestine), or the thing that is causing it; as:
Synonym of thrombosis, thromboembolism, or embolism.
Synonym of constipation (“impairment of feces passage”).

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blockage blockages

From block + -age.

obstruction occlusion thrombosis thromboembolism or embolism constipation

blockade

antiblockage deblockage preblockage reblockage unblockage

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