Definitions for occludes

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occludes oc·clude

Spelling: [uh-klood]

IPA: /əˈklud/

Occludes is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 249 anagrams from letters in occludes (ccdelosu).

Definitions for occludes

verb (used with object)

1. to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).
2. to shut in, out, or off.
3. Physical Chemistry. (of certain metals and other solids) to incorporate (gases and other foreign substances), as by absorption or adsorption.

verb (used without object)

1. Dentistry. to shut or close, with the cusps of the opposing teeth of the upper and lower jaws fitting together.
2. Meteorology. to form an occluded front.

Origin of occludes

1590-1600; Latin occlūdere to shut up, close up, equivalent to oc- oc- + -clūdere, combining form of claudere to close

Examples for occludes

In some instances pseudo-membrane is so massed in plugs as to occlude the cavity of the tube, as with obturators.

The presence of old splits is often indicated by a ridge of callous, the result of the cambium's effort to occlude the wound.

At the same time it may so compress the main tube as to occlude its calibre and prevent access of food to the stomach.

When the nitration is completed, screw up the clamps and so occlude the two pieces of pressure tubing.

In finely divided form it has the ability to absorb or occlude gases, especially oxygen and hydrogen.