occlusion


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
occlusion/əˈkluːʒn/
noun
  • 1 Medicine the blockage or closing of a blood vessel or hollow organ.
  • 2 Meteorology 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.
  • 3 Dentistry the position of the teeth when the jaws are closed.
– derivatives
occlusive adjective.
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