occlude

verb

oc·clude ə-ˈklüd How to pronounce occlude (audio)

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occluded; occluding

transitive verb

: to close up or block off : obstruct

a thrombus occluding a coronary artery

also : conceal

cosmetics that occlude pores

: sorb

Palladium occludes large volumes of hydrogen.

intransitive verb

: to come into contact with cusps of the opposing teeth fitting together

His teeth do not occlude properly.

: to become occluded

Example Sentences

a blood clot had occluded a major artery in his body

Recent Examples on the Web The modest pressure occludes veins that drain the muscle, but does not occlude the artery that feeds it.

Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 12 May 2022 The series begins with these stereotypes, then works to reveal the humanity that the stereotypes occlude.

New York Times, 13 May 2022 The key is using heavyweights of at least 60% of max to assault the muscle and occlude arterial blood flow.

Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 12 May 2022 Auden comes to think of our sinfulness as but part of the human story, and to see that a single-minded focus on it can diminish or even occlude gratitude.

Alan Jacobs, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 Only about 10 percent of infected people develop serious manifestations, such as fungal growths that occlude their lungs, and only about 1 percent develop the most dire complications: fungal invasion of their bones, joints, spine, and brain.

Maryn Mckenna, Wired, 11 Nov. 2021 But the prying eyes of commercial banks looking to occlude bank accounts with incriminating evidence of crypto transactions scare traders more.

Grace Akinosun, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2021 Feinstein extrapolated that statement to express a fear that Barrett, a textualist who once clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia, would allow her faith to occlude her legal judgment if a challenge to Roe should arise.

Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2020 In the first, a patient who from birth had one eye occluded — from a cataract, for example, or from rare eyelid problems — but then had that anatomical problem removed still ended up with one blind or nearly blind eye.

Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020 See More

单词	occlude
释义	occlude verb oc·clude ə-ˈklüd ä- occluded; occluding transitive verb 1 : to close up or block off : obstruct a thrombus occluding a coronary artery also : conceal cosmetics that occlude pores 2 : sorb Palladium occludes large volumes of hydrogen. intransitive verb 1 : to come into contact with cusps of the opposing teeth fitting together His teeth do not occlude properly. 2 : to become occluded Synonyms block choke clog clot congest dam gum (up) jam obstruct plug (up) stop (up) stuff See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences a blood clot had occluded a major artery in his body Recent Examples on the Web The modest pressure occludes veins that drain the muscle, but does not occlude the artery that feeds it. Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 12 May 2022 The series begins with these stereotypes, then works to reveal the humanity that the stereotypes occlude. New York Times, 13 May 2022 The key is using heavyweights of at least 60% of max to assault the muscle and occlude arterial blood flow. Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 12 May 2022 Auden comes to think of our sinfulness as but part of the human story, and to see that a single-minded focus on it can diminish or even occlude gratitude. Alan Jacobs, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 Only about 10 percent of infected people develop serious manifestations, such as fungal growths that occlude their lungs, and only about 1 percent develop the most dire complications: fungal invasion of their bones, joints, spine, and brain. Maryn Mckenna, Wired, 11 Nov. 2021 But the prying eyes of commercial banks looking to occlude bank accounts with incriminating evidence of crypto transactions scare traders more. Grace Akinosun, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2021 Feinstein extrapolated that statement to express a fear that Barrett, a textualist who once clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia, would allow her faith to occlude her legal judgment if a challenge to Roe should arise. Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2020 In the first, a patient who from birth had one eye occluded — from a cataract, for example, or from rare eyelid problems — but then had that anatomical problem removed still ended up with one blind or nearly blind eye. Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020 See More Word History Etymology Latin occludere, from ob- in the way + claudere to shut, close — more at close entry 1 First Known Use 1581, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Medical Definition occlude verb oc·clude ə-ˈklüd, ä- occluded; occluding transitive verb 1 : to close up or block off : obstruct a thrombus occluding a coronary artery 2 : to bring (upper and lower teeth) into occlusion 3 : to take in and retain (a substance) in the interior rather than on an external surface : sorb proteins in precipitating may occlude alcohol intransitive verb 1 : to come into contact with cusps of the opposing teeth fitting together his teeth do not occlude properly 2 : to become occluded occlude verb as in to obstruct to prevent passage through by filling with something a blood clot had occluded a major artery in his body Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance obstruct block congest fill clot clog choke jam flood dam stuff stop (up) bung gum (up) plug (up) overwhelm cork pack silt stopper inundate spile stopple fur gridlock swamp glut Antonyms & Near Antonyms open (up) clear unplug excavate unblock unclog free hollow (out) unstop lighten empty scoop (out) See More
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