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occlusion
Overview of noun occlusion
The noun occlusion has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) occlusion -- (closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel))
2. occluded front, occlusion -- ((meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft)
3. occlusion -- ((dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed)
4. blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage -- (an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe")
5. blockage, closure, occlusion -- (the act of blocking)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun occlusion
5 senses of occlusion
Sense 1
occlusion
=> attack
=> affliction
=> trouble
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
occluded front, occlusion
=> front
=> atmospheric phenomenon
=> physical phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
occlusion
=> position, spatial relation
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
=> obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta
=> structure, construction
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
blockage, closure, occlusion
=> obstruction
=> hindrance, hinderance, interference
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun occlusion
3 of 5 senses of occlusion
Sense 1
occlusion
=> laryngospasm
=> embolism
=> thromboembolism
=> thrombosis
=> coronary occlusion
Sense 4
blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
=> breechblock, breech closer
=> plug, stopper, stopple
=> vapor lock, vapour lock
Sense 5
blockage, closure, occlusion
=> implosion
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun occlusion
5 senses of occlusion
Sense 1
occlusion
=> attack
Sense 2
occluded front, occlusion
=> front
Sense 3
occlusion
=> position, spatial relation
Sense 4
blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
=> obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta
Sense 5
blockage, closure, occlusion
=> obstruction
Antonyms of noun occlusion
Member Holonyms of noun occlusion
Substance Holonyms of noun occlusion
Part Holonyms of noun occlusion
Member Meronyms of noun occlusion
Substance Meronyms of noun occlusion
Part Meronyms of noun occlusion
Meronyms of noun occlusion
Holonyms of noun occlusion
Attributes of noun occlusion
Derived Forms of noun occlusion
1 of 5 senses of occlusion
Sense 5
blockage, closure, occlusion
RELATED TO>(verb) occlude#1
=> obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
Domain of noun occlusion
2 of 5 senses of occlusion
Sense 2
occluded front, occlusion
TOPIC>(noun) meteorology#2
Sense 3
occlusion
TOPIC>(noun) dentistry#1, dental medicine#1, odontology#1
Domain Terms of noun occlusion
Familiarity of noun occlusion
occlusion used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun occlusion
5 senses of occlusion
Sense 1
occlusion
> attack
=> anxiety attack
=> flare
=> seizure, ictus, raptus
=> touch, spot
=> stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA
=> paroxysm, fit, convulsion
=> hysterics
=> occlusion
=> heart attack
Sense 2
occluded front, occlusion
> front
=> warm front
=> cold front, polar front
=> occluded front, occlusion
Sense 3
occlusion
> position, spatial relation
=> occlusion
=> tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning
=> gradient, slope
=> placement, arrangement
=> point of view
=> coincidence
=> dead center, dead centre
=> centrality
=> marginality
=> anteriority
=> posteriority
=> outwardness, externality
=> inwardness
=> malposition, misplacement
=> northernness
=> southernness
=> horizontality
=> verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness
=> slot
=> room, way, elbow room
=> direction
=> angular position
Sense 4
blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
> obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta
=> bar
=> barrier
=> blockade
=> blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
=> hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference
=> obstacle
=> tumbler
Sense 5
blockage, closure, occlusion
> obstruction
=> blockage, closure, occlusion
=> stall, stalling
=> obstruction of justice
Meronyms of noun occlusion
5 senses of occlusion
Sense 4
blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
=> obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta
=> structure, construction
HAS PART: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
HAS PART: plate
HAS PART: structural member
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun occlusion
Grep of noun occlusion
abocclusion
coronary occlusion
malocclusion
occlusion
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