retroclusionn.
/ˌrɛtrə(ʊ)ˈkluːʒn/, U.S. /ˌrɛtrəˈkluʒn/ 1. Surgery. A method of controlling bleeding from small or medium-sized arteries in which a pin is inserted through the tissue above the vessel, and then turned in a semicircle and sent beneath the vessel to compress it. Now disused.Cf. acupressure n. 1, circumclusion n. at circumclude v. Derivatives, torsocclusion n.
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1871 W. Pirrie in Lancet 1 July 7/2 Three modes only of acupressure are required, and it was resolved by the late Sir James Y. Simpson and myself to designate them by the names of Circumclusion, Torsocclusion, and Retroclusion.
1906 J. D. Bryant Operative Surg. 1 76 Circumclusion, torsoclusion, and retroclusion are variations in the method of pin pressure arising either from twisting or compressing the caliber of the vessel.
2. Dentistry. Malocclusion in which the teeth of the lower jaw are posterior to those of the upper. rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of mouth > [noun] > disorders of teeth
scale1594
caries1634
tartar1806
odontolith1848
malocclusion1864
pulpitis1869
odontome1870
pericementitis1882
cementoma1893
open bite1893
plaque1898
super-eruption1912
mulberry molar1917
Moon1918
retroclusion1928
bruxism1932
overclosure1934
overeruption1961
1928 Internat. Jrnl. Orthodontia, Oral Surg. & Radiogr. 14 855 Mr Badcock said that whether or not retroclusion was going to become normal occlusion, it seemed to him a great deal more common than it used to be.
1964 R. O. Dingman & P. Natvig Surg. Facial Fractures v. 131 (caption) Distoclusion. This bite relation is also known as retroclusion or Class II malocclusion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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