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Occlusion
əˈkluːʒn
Occlusion definitions
noun
occlusion
occlusions
- the blockage or closing of an opening, blood vessel, or hollow organ
"examination revealed central retinal artery occlusion"
- the momentary closure of the passage of breath during the articulation of a consonant
- 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"
- a process by which the cold front of a rotating low-pressure system catches up the warm front, so that the warm air between them is forced upwards off the earth's surface between wedges of cold air
"often, in the later stages of a storm's life cycle, a frontal occlusion occurs"
- an occluded front
- the position of the teeth when the jaws are closed