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Impaction

noun
1.
The condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed.
2.
A disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon.
3.
A disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally.  Synonym: impacted tooth.
4.
A sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something.  Synonym: impingement.



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"Impaction" Quotes from Famous Books



... Lawson mentions the impaction of a portion of a breech of a gun in the forehead of a man for twelve years, with subsequent removal and recovery. Waldon speaks of a similar case in which a fragment of the breech weighing three ounces penetrated the cranium, and was lodged in the brain for two months previous ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould
... that in many cases diarrhea is simply an increased peristalsis of the bowels, often due to local and diffused irritation and often to inflammation of the mucous membrane (not infrequently with ulceration); all of these may be the outcome of fecal impaction. ...
— Intestinal Ills • Alcinous Burton Jamison


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