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Definition of Blockage
1. Noun. The physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction.
Generic synonyms: Physical Condition, Physiological Condition, Physiological State
Specialized synonyms: Ileus, Intestinal Obstruction, Tamponade, Tamponage
Derivative terms: Block
2. Noun. An obstruction in a pipe or tube. "We had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
Specialized synonyms: Breech Closer, Breechblock, Plug, Stopper, Stopple, Vapor Lock, Vapour Lock
Generic synonyms: Impediment, Impedimenta, Obstructer, Obstruction, Obstructor
Derivative terms: Block, Block
3. Noun. The act of blocking.
Generic synonyms: Obstruction
Specialized synonyms: Implosion
Derivative terms: Block, Block, Block, Block, Block, Close, Close, Close, Occlude
Definition of Blockage
1. n. The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.
Definition of Blockage
1. Noun. The state of being blocked ¹
2. Noun. A thing that is blocking ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blockage
1. the act of blocking [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blockage
Literary usage of Blockage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"The veins are almost completely obstructed by the tourniquet and the arteries
only partially, the back pressure completing the blockage in them. ..."
2. Debris Impact On Emergency Coolant Recirculation: Workshop Proceedings by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"For a sizable number of these plants, resolution of the ECCS debris blockage
issue will require a combination of analytical evaluation, changes to operating ..."
3. A Narrative of Arctic Discovery, from the Earliest Period to the Present by John Joseph Shillinglaw (1851)
"... Name—Hudson's last and Fatal Voyage—Great Hardships—blockage in the Ice— His
Crew Mutiny, and turn him adrift in an open Boat— Their return to England. ..."
4. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1847)
"If the detritus which formed the blockage in the lower part of the valley consisted
of ... The same observations apply to the blockage in Glen Roy, which, ..."
5. The Operating Room and the Patient by Russell Story Fowler (1907)
"blockage of the drain. Disturbances of granulation. Sinus. Hemorrhage: primary
oozing; secondary hemorrhage; intravenous saline infusion; hypodermoclysis; ..."
6. The Surgical Clinics of North America by Robert E. Hermann, Avram M. Cooperman (1921)
"Fourth, Unilateral reno-ureteral blockage, with acute infection and urinary ...
Seventh, Chronic nephritis with unilateral or bilateral blockage. ..."
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