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What (who) is impaction - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Impacted; Impaction (disambiguation)
Impaction
·noun 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.
II. Impaction ·noun 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.
Impacted
·adj Driven together or close.
II. Impacted ·Impf & ·p.p. of Impact.
impacted
¦ adjective
1. (of a tooth) wedged between another tooth and the jaw.
2. (of a fractured bone) having the parts crushed together.
3. (of faeces) lodged in the intestine.
Derivatives
impaction noun
Wikipedia
Impaction
Impaction may refer to:
- Impaction (animals), blockage of the digestive tract of animals
- Fecal impaction, a solid, immobile bulk of feces or indigestible matter that can develop in the rectum
- Dental impaction, the failure of a tooth fully to erupt into the mouth because of obstruction from another tooth
- Aerosol impaction
