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Occlude

verb
1.
Block passage through.  Synonyms: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate.






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"Occlude" Quotes from Famous Books



... chronic form of indigestion may also follow an acute attack like that previously described. This is also a symptom of tuberculosis when the lymphatic glands lying between the lungs are so enlarged as to press upon and partly occlude the esophagus. It may develop in calves as a result of the formation of hair ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture

... grayish-white metal of high luster, and is very malleable and ductile. It melts in the oxyhydrogen blowpipe and in the electric furnace; it is harder than gold and is a good conductor of electricity. In finely divided form it has the ability to absorb or occlude gases, especially oxygen and hydrogen. These gases, when occluded, are in a very active condition resembling the nascent state, and can combine with each other at ordinary temperatures. A jet of hydrogen or coal gas directed upon spongy platinum is ...
— An Elementary Study of Chemistry • William McPherson

... the tissues, the extravasated blood may occlude the vein by pressure, and the symptoms of arterial aneurysm replace those of the arterio-venous form, the systolic bruit persisting, while the venous ...
— Manual of Surgery - Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. • Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles



Words linked to "Occlude" :   tie up, barricado, asphyxiate, clog, occlusive, block, block up, impede, obstruct, block out, blockade, barricade, hinder, foul, dam up, occlusion, block off, earth up, clog up, suffocate, dam, bar, choke, jam, free, choke off, back up, land up, screen, stop, stifle, congest, obturate



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