Occlusion is valid Scrabble Word

Is occlusion a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
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Is occlusion valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

9 letters word
13 points in Scrabble
18 points in WWF

Definitions for OCCLUSION in dictionary:

NOUN:

the closing of an opening, passage or cavity
the blockage or closing of a blood vessel or hollow organ.
an occluded front.
the position of the teeth when the jaws are closed.
act or process of occluding or the state of being occluded
The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.
The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.
closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)
(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
(dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed

an obstruction in a pipe or tube
the act of blocking
a process by which the cold front of a rotating low-pressure system catches up the warm front, so that the warm air between them is forced upwards off the earth's surface between wedges of cold air.

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

the act of occluding; the state of being occluded; as the complete obstruction of the breath passage in the articulation of a speech sound; the bringing of the opposing surfaces of the teeth of the two jaws into contact; the relation between the surfaces when in contact; the inclusion or sorption of gas trapped during solidification of a material

Words related to OCCLUSION

occlusal12 occlusions14

Words that contain OCCLUSION

occlusions14 malocclusion18 malocclusions19

How to use OCCLUSION in a sentence

A simple cat-gut or silk ligature lightly tied would then be sufficient to insure complete and permanent occlusion.
An electric cautery passed along the tubes would result in a simple and speedy occlusion.
For the occlusion of the Mississippi is a state of things in which we cannot exist.
Even gases may be expected to some extent to be retained by occlusion.
Swelling of the bronchial mucosa from irritation plus infection completes the occlusion of the bronchus.

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