Obliteration — meaning in English
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English meaning
- obliteration noun The total destruction of something.
Senses
Obliteration is used for these senses in English:
- obliteration (medicine) The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the occlusion of the lumen of a duct, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel, be it solely functional (as when squeezed by nearby mass effect or inflammation) or both structural and functional (as when clogged with thrombus, embolus, or fibrosis).
obliteration — full definition
- noun The total destruction of something.
- noun The concealing or covering of something.
- noun The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something.
- noun The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the occlusion of the lumen of a duct, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel, be it solely functional (as when squeezed by nearby mass effect or inflammation) or both structural and functional (as when clogged with thrombus, embolus, or fibrosis).