occlusion

Meaning

Noun

• The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
• Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
• The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.
• An occluded front.
• A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.
• The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
• The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.

Origin

• Borrowed from Late Latin occlūsiō ("occluding, obstruction"), from the Classical Latin occlūdō ("I shut up or close up; I restrain"), from ob + claudō.