| slovo | definícia |
impaction
(encz) | impaction,zaklínění n: luke |
Impaction
(gcide) | Impaction \Im*pac"tion\, n. [L. impactio a striking : cf. F.
impaction.]
1. (Surg.) 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]
2. 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] |
impaction
(wn) | impaction
n 1: the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly
fixed
2: a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon
3: a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that
it cannot erupt normally [syn: impaction, impacted tooth]
4: a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against
something [syn: impingement, impaction] |
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fecal impaction
(encz) | fecal impaction, n: |
impaction
(encz) | impaction,zaklínění n: luke |
fecal impaction
(wn) | fecal impaction
n 1: accumulation of hardened feces in the rectum or lower colon
which the person cannot move |
impaction
(wn) | impaction
n 1: the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly
fixed
2: a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon
3: a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that
it cannot erupt normally [syn: impaction, impacted tooth]
4: a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against
something [syn: impingement, impaction] |
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