Examples of 'occlude' in a sentence
Meaning of "occlude"
To occlude means to close up or block. In medical terms, it often refers to blood vessels that are blocked or obstructed, leading to reduced blood flow. In dentistry, it can refer to teeth that are misaligned and causing a blockage. Occlude is also used in chemistry to describe the process of trapping one substance within another.
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- To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
- To absorb, as a gas by a metal.
How to use "occlude" in a sentence
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Being careful not to occlude the vent slits.
A tissue scaffold material is disposed on the occlude.
I have to occlude the artery with my finger.
Kelvin mouldy muddy newsreel occlude ocular.
This will occlude the brachial artery.
A half hedge will fully occlude the artery.
I will occlude the internal iliac.
Using soiled water can occlude the filter.
Occlude and isolate the main feeding arteries.
Platelet thrombi occlude the capillary lumen.
Occlude the inflow from both vena cava.
This material may occlude the capillary.
The inability to filter or occlude.
That could occlude the sinus.
I am afraid we may have to occlude it.
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It will occlude existence itself.
This compressible material helps to occlude the passage.
The last occlude or falsify.
This may eventually grow or rupture to occlude the arteries.
I am going to occlude it more proximally.
This is used to deliver for example a septal occlude to a patient.
We decided to occlude the lesion using coils and fibrin sealant.
Suberin lamellae did not occlude plasmodesmata.
The coils then occlude the aneurysm by promoting thrombus formation.
One approach to desensitization is to occlude exposed dentinal tubules.
Pressure is applied over both radial arteries simultaneously so as to occlude them.
The stiffener does not occlude the catheter lumen.
Without central neural drive the airway may collapse or partially occlude.
These teeth do not precisely occlude with one another.
It was decided to occlude both the parent vessel linguofacial trunk and the pseudoaneurysm.
The seal member is positioned to occlude such leakage paths.
To occlude off veins that allow blood to leak from the penile tissues.
This angle can be varied to occlude more or less light.
Apply sufficient pressure over the ulnar and radial arteries to occlude them.
Fibrin clots function primarily to occlude blood vessels to stop bleeding.
Catheters containing balloons have subsequently been developed and used to occlude blood vessels.
The assistant should occlude the vein proximal to the site of puncture.
Foreground images may be envisioned as pixels that occlude the background.
The maxillary lateral incisors occlude in opposition to the mandibular lateral incisors.
A variety of other objects have been used in an attempt to occlude these smaller vessels.
The clamping jaws occlude the tubing when the clamp is closed.
A seal assembly is disposed in the outlet to occlude the sprinkler outlet.
The dressing aims to occlude the catheter ostium and prevent its colonization by microorganisms.
One approach to desensitizing teeth is to occlude exposed dental tubules.
The thrombi partially occlude the vascular lumina with overlying proliferative endothelial cells.
In such cases it may be more appropriate simply to occlude one eye temporarily.
These salt crystals may occlude microorganisms and protect them from sterilization processes.
Abstraction predominates in public discussion so as to occlude the implications for human beings.
The occluder is expandable against the vascular duct to occlude the anterograde blood flow.
This particular design is intended to occlude openings that are somewhat oblong in shape.
