Impaction

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  • n. compression; the packing together of loose matter
  • n. something packed together tightly; a mass of densely-packed matter
  • n. a solid, immobile bulk of stool
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other.
  • n. An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of impacting, or the state of being impacted; close fixation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed
  • n. a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon
  • n. a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally
  • n. a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something
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