impaction

English

Etymology

From Latin impingere (“to dash against, impinge”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

impaction (countable and uncountable, plural impactions)

  1. compression; the packing together of loose matter
  2. something packed together tightly; a mass of densely-packed matter
  3. (medicine) a solid, immobile bulk of stool
  4. (dentistry) Failure of a tooth to erupt into the dental arch, because of adjacent teeth, dense overlying bone, excessive soft tissue, or other factor.

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