occlusion
/əˈkluː.ʒən/
occlusion noun: the process of occluding, or something that occludes.
Noun
occlusion (countable and uncountable, plural occlusions)
- The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
- Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
- The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.
- An occluded front.
- A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.
- The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
- The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.
occlusion meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
occlusion in Tamil
- அடைப்பு, மறைப்பு, மூடல், உட்கொள்ளல், உள்ளடங்கல், உட்கவர்தல்
occlusion in Urdu
- رکاوٹ
occlusion in Kannada
- ಮುಚ್ಚುವಿಕೆ, ಅಕ್ಲೂಡಣೆ
Examples of occlusion in a sentence
- Overeruption can cause interferences in the occlusion and difficulty when constructing dentures.
- They keep 8-micron and 12-micron shimstock handy when they're evaluating the occlusion.
- Emollients are useful in spa services because of their three main properties: occlusion, lubrication, and humectation.
Forms of occlusion
| plural | occlusions |
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Origin of occlusion
Borrowed from Late Latin occlūsiō, occlūsiōnis (“occluding, obstruction”), from the Classical Latin occlūdō (“to shut up or close up; to restrain”), from ob + claudō (“to shut or close”).
Words formed from occlusion
- abocclusion
- antocclusion
- benocclusion
- disocclusion
- distocclusion
- distoclusion
- infraocclusion
- interocclusion
- malocclusion
- mesiocclusion
- neutrocclusion
- neutroclusion
- nonocclusion
- occlusional
- occlusion body
- occlusive
- orthocclusion
- periocclusion
- postocclusion
- preocclusion
- reocclusion
- retrocclusion
- subocclusion
- supraocclusion
- torsocclusion
- vasoocclusion
- venoocclusion
Phrases with occlusion
Words that rhyme with occlusion
Questions about occlusion
- What does occlusion mean?
- Occlusion means the process of occluding, or something that occludes.
- What is occlusion in Tamil?
- Occlusion in Tamil is அடைப்பு, மறைப்பு, மூடல். See Occlusion meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is occlusion?
- Occlusion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce occlusion?
- Occlusion is pronounced /əˈkluː.ʒən/.
- What is the plural of occlusion?
- The plural of occlusion is occlusions.
Words near occlusion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: occlusion (page history and authors); occlusion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); occlusion (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); occlusion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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