occlusion
5 synonyms and 2 antonyms for occlusion, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The act of blocking something, or the thing that does the blocking.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin occlūsiō, occlūsiōnis (“occluding, obstruction”), which came from Classical Latin occlūdō (“to shut up or close up; to restrain”), itself from ob plus claudō (“to shut or close”).
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