English Explanatory Dictionary

occlusion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
  2. Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
  3. The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.
  4. An occluded front.
  5. A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.
  6. The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
  7. The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.

Pronunciation

/əˈkluː.ʒən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-occlusion.wav

Word forms

occlusion occlusions

Etymology

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

Derived words

abocclusion antocclusion benocclusion disocclusion distocclusion distoclusion infraocclusion interocclusion malocclusion mesiocclusion neutrocclusion neutroclusion nonocclusion occlusional occlusion body occlusive orthocclusion periocclusion postocclusion preocclusion reocclusion retrocclusion subocclusion supraocclusion torsocclusion vasoocclusion venoocclusion
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