'occlusion' definitions:
Definition of 'occlusion'
From: WordNet
noun
Closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)
noun
(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft [syn: occluded front, occlusion]
noun
(dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed
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An obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn: blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage]
noun
Synonyms of 'occlusion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abdominal epilepsy,
- access,
- acquired epilepsy,
- activated epilepsy,
- affect epilepsy,
- akinetic epilepsy,
- apoplexy,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- attack,
- autonomic epilepsy,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- cardiac epilepsy,
- check,
- clogging,
- clonic spasm,
- clonus,
- closing,
- closing up,
- closure,
- constriction,
- convulsion,
- cortical epilepsy,
- cramp,
- cursive epilepsy,
- delay,
- detainment,
- detention,
- diurnal epilepsy,
- eclampsia,
- epilepsia,
- epilepsia gravior,
- epilepsia major,
- epilepsia minor,
- epilepsia mitior,
- epilepsia nutans,
- epilepsia tarda,
- epilepsy,
- falling sickness,
- fit,
- fixation,
- focal epilepsy,
- foot-dragging,
- frenzy,
- grand mal,
- hampering,
- haute mal,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- hysterical epilepsy,
- ictus,
- impediment,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- interruption,
- Jacksonian epilepsy,
- larval epilepsy,
- laryngeal epilepsy,
- laryngospasm,
- latent epilepsy,
- let,
- lockjaw,
- matutinal epilepsy,
- menstrual epilepsy,
- musicogenic epilepsy,
- myoclonous epilepsy,
- negativism,
- nocturnal epilepsy,
- nuisance value,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- opposition,
- paroxysm,
- petit mal,
- physiologic epilepsy,
- psychic epilepsy,
- psychomotor epilepsy,
- reflex epilepsy,
- repression,
- resistance,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- Rolandic epilepsy,
- rotatoria,
- seizure,
- sensory epilepsy,
- serial epilepsy,
- setback,
- shutdown,
- shutting,
- shutting up,
- spasm,
- squeeze,
- stoppage,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- stroke,
- suppression,
- tardy epilepsy,
- tetanus,
- tetany,
- throes,
- thromboembolism,
- thrombosis,
- tonic epilepsy,
- tonic spasm,
- torsion spasm,
- traumatic epilepsy,
- trismus,
- ucinate epilepsy,
- visitation