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impaction
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun impaction has 4 senses
- impaction(n = noun.state) Array - the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed; Array is a kind of condition, status
- impaction(n = noun.state) Array - a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon; Array is a kind of disorder, upset
- impaction(n = noun.state) impacted tooth - a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally; Array is a kind of disorder, upset
- impaction(n = noun.act) impingement - a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something; Array is a kind of crash, smash
Derived form verb impact1
CIDE DICTIONARY
impaction, n. [L. impactio a striking : cf. F. impaction.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
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