Complete Definition of "occlusion"

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Noun
en-noun

  1. 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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