| occlude |
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verb (occlud, ing)
- To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block an opening.
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| occlusion |
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noun
- The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
- (medicine) Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
- (context, medicine, dentistry) The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.
- (meteorology) An occluded front.
- (linguistics) A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.
- (physics) The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
- (computing) The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.
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| odontalgia |
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noun
- toothache
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| orthodontia |
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noun
- orthodontics
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| orthodontics |
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noun
- (medicine) A specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth.
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| overbite |
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noun
- A malocclusion, in which the upper teeth extend over the lower ones
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