occlusion

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
2. (countable, uncountable) Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
3. (countable, uncountable) The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.
4. (countable, uncountable) An occluded front.
5. (countable, uncountable) A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.
6. (countable, uncountable) The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
7. (countable, uncountable) The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.

Concepts

occlusion

obstruction

blocage

obstruction de tout passage

front occlus et trowal

constipation

trowal

front occlus

Synonymes

blockage

closure

block

stoppage

occluded front

stop

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obstruction

closing

coherence

costiveness

dam

deadlock

escapement

gather

impurity

inclusion

interlock

lockout

make

obturation

pinning

stopping up

thrombosis

thrombus

tamponage

joining-up

foreign material

holding-on

occluded foreign substance

frontal occlusion

articulation

bite

blocking

clogging

close

close-up

clutch

Traductions

oclusión

occlusione

Verstopfung

έμφραξη

oclusão

oclusió

κλείσιμο

βούλωμα

cierre

Okklusion

ostruzione

intasamento

intasatura

έγκλειση χημεία

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈkluː.ʒən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).