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noun
A shutting off; exclusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
A separation of the teeth when the jaw is slightly opened.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
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noun
Especially, a separation of posterior teeth when the lower jaw moves forward, as a natural result of the alignment of the anterior teeth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
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History
From Latin disclusio, from discludere, disclusum (“to separate”). See disclose.
