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  • 81central occlusion — centric occlusion occlusion in the vertical and horizontal position of the mandible in which the cusps of the mandibular and maxillary teeth interdigitate maximally. Ideally, the lingual cusps of the maxillary bicuspids make contact with the… …

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  • 82edge-to-edge occlusion — end to end occlusion occlusion in which the anterior maxillary and mandibular teeth meet along their incisal edges when the mandible is in centric position. Called also edge to edge bite and end to end bite …

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  • 83habitual occlusion — the consistent relationship of the teeth in the maxilla to those of the mandible when the teeth in both jaws are brought into maximum contact, such relationship varying from individual to individual; the ideal habitual occlusion is centric… …

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  • 84retinal artery occlusion — blockage of an artery supplying blood to the retina, usually as a result of thrombosis or embolism. The central retinal artery enters the eye at the optic disc and then divides into branches to supply different parts of the retina. Blockage of… …

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  • 85retinal vein occlusion — blockage of a vein carrying blood from the retina. Small branch veins carry blood from different parts of the retina and drain into the central retinal vein, which leaves the eye at the optic disc. Blockage of the central retinal vein (central… …

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  • 86coronary occlusion — noun occlusion of a coronary artery caused either by progressive atherosclerosis or by a blood clot • Hypernyms: ↑coronary heart disease, ↑occlusion …

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  • 87Окклюзия (Occlusion) — 1. Закупорка какого либо полого органа или его части. 2. В стоматологии взаимоотношение при контакте прикусных поверхностей зубов верхней и нижней челюстей. Максимальный контакт между зубами называется бугорково фиссурной (intercuspal) или… …

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  • 88Selective tubal occlusion procedure — (The acronym for selective tubal occlusion procedure is STOP.) A nonsurgical form of permanent birth control in which a physician inserts a 4 centimeter (1.6 inch) long metal coil into each one of a woman s two fallopian tubes via a scope passed… …

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  • 89disto-occlusion — SYN: distal occlusion (1). * * * dis·to oc·clu·sion (dis″to ə klooґzhən) distoclusion …

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  • 90mesio-occlusion — SYN: mesial occlusion (1). * * * me·si·o oc·clu·sion (me″ze o ŏ klooґzhən) mesioclusion …

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