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occlusive

1 8.2

Making a passage or opening become blocked

adjective
/əˈkluːsɪv/

Specialized

: ocluyente

Patients suffering from occlusive vascular disease may experience reduced blood flow to the limbs.
occlusive disease
occlusive dressing
arterial occlusive

Zinc oxide, titanium dioxide are known to be occlusive and block the pores.

Examples

In severe occlusive disease, its sensitivity reaches 91% and its specificity 93%.

Academic text (2007)
After years of debate, carotid endarterectomy is considered the standard procedure for extracranial occlusive disease.

Academic text (2007)
For patients with underlying occlusive diseases, the decision must then be taken for a definitive bypass procedure.

Academic text (2007)
It's not going on in this really thick occlusive manner where the brush is wet and it's just swishing it all around the face.
And then there are occlusives which sits on top of the skin and basically prevent your skin from losing water, prevents dehydration.
Medical therapy should be continued during follow-up as these patients are at high risk of developing other manifestations of arterial occlusive and thrombotic disease.

Academic text (2007)
However, it is the extremely painful vaso-occlusive crises that are the primary symptom of SCA in both children and adults.

Academic text (2003)
In patients with gangrenous peripheral arterial occlusive disease, achieving high tissue concentrations of antibiotics (TCA) is important.

Academic text (2000)
Folic acid is inexpensive, so there is considerable interest in the possibility of reducing the incidence of occlusive vascular disease with folic acid supplementation.

Blog text (29)
Using occlusive dressings can help accelerate healing by keeping the wound protected from external irritants.

Synonyms

obstructive

vsocclusive

6 6.2

Making movement or progress difficult by blocking the way

focuses on closing passages or openings often in medical contexts

Antonyms

open

∞ 1.0

Not closed so people or things can go through

How Blocking

sealed

2.5

occlusive

Specialized

1 8.2

obstructive

6 6.2

narrow

290 1.0

permeable

4 5.8

Surface Forms

occlusive positive

Morphology

occlusive = occlude (transparent) = occlude + ive

The adjective is a straightforward formation from the verb 'occlude' + '-ive', giving the sense 'tending to occlude'.

Etymology

Occlusive comes from the Latin parts ob- ('against') and claudere ('to close'), so it literally means 'closing against' or blocking, like a lid that seals a jar. That's why occlusive describes something that tends to block a passage or to seal the skin and keep moisture in.