Occlusion vs. Stenosis

Occlusionnoun

The process of occluding, or something that occludes.

Occlusionnoun

(medicine) Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.

Occlusionnoun

The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.

Occlusionnoun

(meteorology) An occluded front.

Occlusionnoun

(phonology) A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.

Occlusionnoun

(physics) The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.

Occlusionnoun

(computing) The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.

Occlusionnoun

The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.

Occlusionnoun

The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.

Occlusionnoun

closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)

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(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft

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(dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed

Occlusionnoun

an obstruction in a pipe or tube;

Occlusionnoun

the act of blocking

Occlusionnoun

the blockage or closing of a blood vessel or hollow organ.

Occlusionnoun

a process by which the cold front of a rotating low-pressure system catches up the warm front, so that the warm air between them is forced upwards off the earth's surface between wedges of cold air.

Occlusionnoun

an occluded front.

Occlusionnoun

the position of the teeth when the jaws are closed.

Stenosisnoun

An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ

Stenosisnoun

A reduction in capacity (physical or mental)

Stenosisnoun

A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.

Stenosisnoun

abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway

Stenosis

A stenosis (from Ancient Greek στενός, ) is an abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure such as foramina and canals. It is also sometimes called a stricture (as in urethral stricture).Stricture as a term is usually used when narrowing is caused by contraction of smooth muscle (e.g.