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noun
The state or condition of being blocked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The thing that is the cause of such a state, blocking a passage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Occlusion of a lumen (especially that of a blood vessel or intestine), or the thing that is causing it; as:
Synonym of thrombosis, thromboembolism, or embolism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
Synonyms: thrombosis, thromboembolism, or embolism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Occlusion of a lumen (especially that of a blood vessel or intestine), or the thing that is causing it; as:
Synonym of constipation (“impairment of feces passage”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: constipation
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of blocking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: closure, occlusion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: obstruction
Narrower terms: implosion
noun
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta
Narrower terms: breechblock, breech closer, plug, stopper, stopple, vapor lock, vapour lock
noun
the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: obstruction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition
Narrower terms: intestinal obstruction, ileus, tamponade, tamponage
History
Etymology tree English block Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English blockage From block + -age.
Across languages
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
