occlusions
Meaning of occlusions
plural noun
- the blockage or closing of a blood vessel or hollow organ.
- a process by which the cold front of a rotating low-pressure system catches up the warm front, so that the warm air between them is forced upwards off the earth's surface between wedges of cold air.
- the position of the teeth when the jaws are closed.
mid 17th century: from Latin occlus- ‘shut up’ (from the verb occludere ) + -ion.
Information about occlusions
- It is a name.
- The singular form of occlusions is: occlusion.
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Hyphenation of occlusions
oc-clu-sions
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- occlusions is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
occlusions synonyms
Meaning an obstruction which makes movement or flow difficult or impossible:
Meaning a thing that impedes or prevents passage or progress; an obstacle or blockage:
Meaning block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of:
Meaning an act or process of closing something, especially an institution, thoroughfare, or frontier, or of being closed:
Words that rhyme with occlusions
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