occluded
- adjective
- /əˈkluːdɪd/
- Specialized
:
ocluido
- The doctor explained that the patient's occluded artery was preventing blood from flowing properly.
But as you get older, your blood vessels become more occluded and less elastic and you're closer to the to the to the trouble spot.
- But as you get older, your blood vessels become more occluded and less elastic and you're closer to the to the to the trouble spot.
Examples
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The technician found that the pipes were occluded with a buildup of debris, causing a blockage.
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After the storm, many roads were occluded by fallen trees, making travel impossible.
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No, because it's occluded by this part of the wall.
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But as you get older, your blood vessels become more occluded and less elastic and you're closer to the to the to the trouble spot.
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You show them mom and mom disappears behind an occluded an occluder, and then you let the chick go follow mom, which the chick wants to do.
Synonyms
6
2.8
Stopped from moving or flowing because something is blocking it
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4.2
An opening like a drain or pipe that is blocked so nothing can pass through
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5.1
Blocked so air cannot pass through, often in the nose after a cold
Closed so nothing can pass through, for example a nose or road
Completely blocked so nothing can pass through
A tube or passage in the body that is closed and has no opening
Blocked or full so nothing can pass through
Blocked so movement, view, or access is difficult
Closed and covered to stop water or air getting in
Barriers block a place so people cannot enter or leave
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.5
A weather front when a cold front catches a warm front and lifts the warm air above the cold air
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Morphology
Etymology
Occluded comes from the Latin parts ob- 'against' and claudere 'to close', the same root as the common word close. So when something is occluded, it is 'closed against' movement or flow, which is why it means blocked or shut off.