OCCLUSION


Meaning of OCCLUSION in English

■ noun

1》 Medicine the blockage or closing of a blood vessel or hollow organ.

2》 Meteorology a process by which the cold front of a rotating low-pressure system catches up the warm front, so that the warm air between them is forced upwards.

3》 Dentistry the position of the teeth when the jaws are closed.

Derivatives

occlusive adjective

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.