occlusion

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈkluː.ʒən/ Rhymes: -uːʒən === Noun === occlusion (countable and uncountable, plural occlusions) The process of occluding, or something that occludes. (medicine) Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal. (medicine, dentistry) The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together. (meteorology) An occluded front. (phonetics) A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop. (physics) The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal. (computing) The blocking of the view of part of an image by another. ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin occlūsiōnem (“occluding", "obstruction”), from the Classical Latin occlūdō (“I shut up or close up”, “I restrain”), from ob + claudō (“I shut or close”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.kly.zjɔ̃/ === Noun === occlusion f (plural occlusions) occlusion ==== Derived terms ==== rectocclusion ==== Related terms ==== occlure === Further reading === “occlusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012