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Definition of Occlusive

1. Adjective. Tending to occlude.

2. Noun. A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it. "His stop consonants are too aspirated"

Definition of Occlusive

1. Adjective. That tends to occlude. ¹

2. Noun. (phonetics) A plosive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Occlusive

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Occlusive

1. Serving to close; denoting a bandage or dressing that closes a wound and excludes it from the air. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Occlusive

occlusal rim occlusal scheme occlusal splints occlusal surface occlusal system occlusal table occlusal vertical dimension occlusal wear occluse occlusion

occlusion bodies occlusion body occlusion of pupil occlusion rim occlusions occlusive (current term) occlusive dressing occlusive dressings occlusive ileus occlusive meningitis

occlusives occlusivity occlusometer occlusometers occlusor occlusors occular occulent occulomotor nerve occult

Literary usage of Occlusive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Phonetics of the New High German Language by Arwid Johannson (1906)
"in occlusive ',,,..,, . . In a similar manner in the groups bm, j)lml, eg in Obmann, and in the groups dn, fn, eg in Edna, Atna, the usual explosion of the ..."

2. Health Consequences of Smoking: Cardiovascular Disease: A Report of the by DIANE Publishing Company, C. Everett Koop, M.D. (1995)
"Most peripheral arterial occlusive disease is due to atherosclerosis, ... occlusive lesions of the origins of visceral arteries commonly involve the renal ..."

3. The Treatment of Wounds: Its Principles and Practice, General and Special by Lewis Stephen Pilcher (1883)
"... Wound-cleanliness — Immediate Antiseptic Occlusion—No Immediate Exploration—Classification—Statistics of Reyher—Non-occlusive Treatment—Enlargement, ..."

4. Ocular Therapeutics by Armand Darier (1903)
"... and occlusive dressing.—Arborescent keratitis.—Herpes corneae febrilis. — Zona. — Bullous keratitis. — Macular keratitis. ..."

5. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"An index of <0.9 is suggestive of occlusive LEAD, particularly if symptoms or clinical findings such as bruits or absent pulses are present. ..."

6. Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory by Yale University Psychological Laboratory, Edward Wheeler Scripture (1902)
"... the use of a new type for the sound [g], and because the letter g is in most European languages commonly associated with the occlusive. ..."

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