Australian English Meaning of impaction

Impaction

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Definitions and Meaning of impaction in English

Wordnet

impaction (n)

the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed

a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon

a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally

a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something

Webster

impaction (n.)

The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip.

An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast.

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Impaction

the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed, a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon, a disorder in which a tooth is so c

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