Impaction is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.
You can make 400 anagrams from letters in impaction (aciimnopt).
1730-40; Late Latin impāctiōn- (stem of impāctiō), equivalent to Latin impāct(us), past participle of impingere (see impacted) + -iōn- -ion
It has been ascertained that similar changes ensue in man from the impaction of a calculus in the common duct. The site of the impaction is always in the small intestines. It would be so comforting to have landed a small dept of provisions, in case of accident or impaction further north. The condition of impaction above referred to does not differ from ordinary fecal accumulation. The results of this are a swollen, tympanitic abdomen and impaction of the bowels, but the general health may be very good. The size of the calculus is far from being decisive as to the certainty of impaction or as to the untoward results. Constipation may be followed by impaction of the stomach or bowels. impaction occurs not infrequently among the insane, and more frequently among women than men. Recurring colics of the type of impaction colic, but more severe, may lead one to suspect the existence of this condition. If the impaction is not overcome, death by collapse or from peritonitis follows.Examples for impaction