occlude
pronunciation
How to pronounce occlude in British English:
UK [əˈklu:d]
How to pronounce occlude in American English:
US [əˈklud]
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- Verb:
- block passage through
Word Origin
- occlude (v.)
- 1590s, from Latin occludere (past participle occlusus) "shut up, close up," from ob "against, up" (see ob-) + claudere "to shut, close" (see close (v.)). Of teeth, 1888 (also see occlusion). Related: Occluded; occluding.
Example
- 1. Occluding or tending to occlude .
- 2. The use of a self made airway occlude in bronchoscopic lung volume reduction .
- 3. Occlude this sound if we dont have hardware resources to virtualize it .
- 4. Thetourniquet should occlude venous and lymphatic return .
- 5. This structure lets to determine how polygons occlude each other .