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OCCLUSION

Definition:

1. [noun] closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)
   
   
2. [noun] (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
   Synonyms: occluded front
   
   
3. [noun] (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed
   
   
4. [noun] an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
   Synonyms: blockage, block, closure, stop, stoppage
   
   
5. [noun] the act of blocking
   Synonyms: blockage, closure
   
   

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Related Words:

• laryngospasm
• embolism
• thromboembolism
• thrombosis
• coronary occlusion
• breechblock, breech closer
• plug, stopper, stopple
• vapor lock, vapour lock
• implosion

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