OCCLUSION • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Occlusion

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

Listen

noun

Occlusion n.

The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded. "Constriction and occlusion of the orifice."

(Med.) The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.

Occlusion of gases (Chem. & Physics), the phenomenon of absorbing gases, as exhibited by platinum, palladium, iron, or charcoal; thus, palladium absorbs, or occludes, nearly a thousand times its own volume of hydrogen, and in this case a chemical compound seems to be formed.

See images of 'Occlusion'

Etymology of 'Occlusion'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar

"Occlusion" Quotes from Famous Books

... accept the cases as true vicarious hemorrhage. Tarnier cites an instance of a girl without a uterus, in whom menstruation proceeded from the vagina. Zacutus Lusitanus relates the history of a case of uterine occlusion, with the flow from the lips of the cervix. There is mentioned an instance of menstruation from ...

— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

Words linked to "Occlusion" : impedimenta, laryngospasm, block, spatial relation, vapour lock, obstructor, meteorology, position, front, occlude, obstruction, implosion, dental medicine, closure, coronary occlusion, breechblock, stop, odontology, thromboembolism, stoppage, stopple, vapor lock, plug, impediment