"occlusion" meaning in English

See occlusion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əˈkluː.ʒən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-occlusion.wav Forms: occlusions [plural]
Rhymes: -uːʒən Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin occlūsiō, occlūsiōnis (“occluding, obstruction”), from the Classical Latin occlūdō (“I shut up or close up; I restrain”), from ob + claudō (“I shut or close”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kleh₂w-}}, {{bor|en|LL.|occlūsiō|occlūsiō, occlūsiōnis|occluding, obstruction}} Late Latin occlūsiō, occlūsiōnis (“occluding, obstruction”), {{der|en|la|occlūdō||I shut up or close up; I restrain}} Latin occlūdō (“I shut up or close up; I restrain”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} occlusion (countable and uncountable, plural occlusions)
  1. The process of occluding, or something that occludes. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. (medicine) Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-occlusion-en-noun-0yBY8wC9 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (medicine, dentistry) The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dentistry, Medicine
    Sense id: en-occlusion-en-noun-ipMU7vAQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 11 31 9 14 9 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 12 30 8 10 7 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 13 34 8 11 8 8 Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
  4. (meteorology) An occluded front. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-occlusion-en-noun-pWP2~s~N Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
  5. (phonetics) A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Phonetics
    Sense id: en-occlusion-en-noun-97UEhKbP Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
  6. (physics) The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-occlusion-en-noun-UQa-LpZK Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  7. (computing) The blocking of the view of part of an image by another. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-occlusion-en-noun-G76Pi8r6 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abocclusion, antocclusion, benocclusion, disocclusion, distocclusion, malocclusion, mesiocclusion, neutrocclusion, nonocclusion, occlusional, occlusion body, orthocclusion, postocclusion, preocclusion, reocclusion, retrocclusion, torsocclusion, vasoocclusion

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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːʒən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "occlusion"
}

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