oclusão
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- occlusão (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occlūsiō, occlūsiōnem, from Latin occludo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌo.klu.ˈzɐ̃w̃/
Noun
oclusão f (plural oclusões)
- (chiefly medicine) occlusion; obstruction (anything that obstructs a passage or vessel)
- (dentistry) occlusion (the alignment of the teeth when the jaws are closed)
- (articulatory phonetics) occlusion (closure of the vocal tract)
Synonyms
- (obstruction): obstrução
- (alignment of the teeth): mordida