oclusão

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === occlusão (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin occlūsiōnem, from Latin occludō. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: o‧clu‧são === Noun === oclusão f (plural oclusões) (chiefly medicine) occlusion; obstruction (anything that obstructs a passage or vessel) Synonym: obstrução (dentistry) occlusion (the alignment of the teeth when the jaws are closed) Synonym: mordida (articulatory phonetics) occlusion (closure of the vocal tract) === Further reading === “oclusão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “oclusão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026