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Definition of 'impaction'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) impaction
an act or instance of impacting.

2. impaction
the state of being impacted.

Etymology: (1730–40; < LL)

Definition of 'impaction'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) impaction
the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed

2. (noun) impaction
a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon

3. (noun) impaction, impacted tooth
a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally

4. (noun) impingement, impaction
a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something

Definition of 'impaction'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) 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

2. (noun) impaction
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

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