occlude

əˈkluːd

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Definition of occlude - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

medical

tr.

TECH.

stop or close an opening or vessel in the body

tr.

TECH.

The blood clot can occlude an artery completely..

block

obstruct

weather

intr.

TECH.

form an occluded front in meteorology

intr.

TECH.

The cold front occluded, leading to heavy rain.

block

obstruct

dentistry

tr.

TECH.

cause occlusion in chewing

tr.

TECH.

The dentist adjusted the bite to occlude properly.

block

obstruct

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Origin of occlude

Latin, occludere (to shut up)

Examples of occlude in a sentence

The surgeon had to occlude the blood vessel to stop the bleeding.
The warm air mass began to occlude over the region.
Meteorologists predicted the front would occlude by evening.
Braces can help occlude the teeth correctly.
The procedure aimed to occlude the molars.

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French:obstruer, occlure, ...
German:verschließen, okkludieren, ...
Italian:bloccare, occludersi, ...
Spanish:bloquear, cerrarse, ...
Portuguese:ocluir, formar uma frente oclusa, ...
Chinese:闭塞, 封闭, ...
Japanese:閉塞する, 閉じる, ...
Arabic:سَدَّ, تَكَوَّنَت جَبْهَة مُغْلَقَة, ...
Hebrew:לִסְתוֹם, לְהַפְרִיד חֲזִית אוֹקְלוּדִית, ...
Russian:закрывать, окклюдировать, ...
Ukrainian:блокувати, утворювати оклюзію, ...
Hindi:रोकना, अवरोधित होना, ...
Bengali:বন্ধ করা, আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ...
Catalan:tancar, ocluir, ...
Czech:uzavřít, okludovat, ...
Danish:lukke, okkludere, ...
Dutch:afsluiten, occluderen, ...
Greek:αποφράσσω, αποκλείω, ...
Hungarian:elzárni, okkludálódni, ...
Khmer:ស្ទះ, បង្កើតជួរព្រំដែនអាកាសធាតុរួម នៅពេលខ្យល់ត្រជាក់តាមទាន់ខ្យល់ក្តៅ, ...
Korean:막다, 폐색되다, ...
Persian:بستن, مسدود شد, ...
Polish:zablokować, zokludowywać, ...
Portuguese (BR):ocluir, fechar, ...
Romanian:a bloca, a se ocluziona, ...
Swedish:täppa till, ockludera, ...
Thai:อุดตัน, ก่อตัวเป็นแนวปิด, ...
Turkish:tıkanmak, neden olmak, ...
Vietnamese:chặn, bị chặn, ...

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