impaction
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin impingere (“to dash against, impinge”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
impaction (countable and uncountable, plural impactions)
- Compression; the packing together of loose matter.
- something packed together tightly; a mass of densely-packed matter
- (medicine) A solid, immobile bulk of stool.
- 2021, Alice A. Horton, Isobelle Blissett, Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Freshwater Aquatic, Terrestrial and Avian Migratory Species in the Asia and Pacific Region, Convention on Migratory Species, page 22:
- As plastics cannot be easily egested, these can accumulate within the stomach, causing impaction and leading ultimately to death.
- (dentistry) Failure of a tooth to erupt into the dental arch, because of adjacent teeth, dense overlying bone, excessive soft tissue, or other factor.
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Translations[edit]
failure of a tooth to erupt
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