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Synonyms for blockage
ˈblɒk ɪdʒblock·age
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Princeton's WordNet
obstruction, blockagenoun
the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction
Synonyms:
impedimenta, block, closure, obstructer, stop, obstructor, obstruction, occlusion, impediment, obstacle, stoppageblockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppagenoun
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
"we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
Synonyms:
hitch, cube, blocking, full stop, stoppage, layover, cloture, law of closure, halt, plosive, gag law, diaphragm, pulley-block, pulley, arrest, closing, point, closedown, plosive speech sound, occlusion, cylinder block, check, occluded front, obstruction, mental block, engine block, full point, block, stop consonant, stopover, shutdown, stop, occlusive, city block, auction block, resolution, period, stay, pulley block, catch, plosive consonant, gag rule, closure, settlementblockage, closure, occlusionnoun
the act of blocking
Synonyms:
block, gag law, occluded front, gag rule, obstruction, stoppage, cloture, occlusion, law of closure, settlement, closing, shutdown, stop, closedown, resolution, closure
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Editors Contribution
circuitious
which is not direct.
except that, in this case, it turns out that the strokes caused by blockage are far more prevalent.
Submitted by rinat on November 17, 2015
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
blockage
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See Wax blockage
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#272 | check | |
#438 | point | |
#766 | period | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1488 | resolution | |
#1662 | block | |
#3411 | lock | |
#3635 | catch | |
#4038 | closing | |
#4075 | settlement | |
#7169 | closure | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#7860 | cube | |
#8905 | blocking | |
#9518 | locking | |
#12190 | shutdown | |
#13959 | halt | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#16523 | obstacle | |
#18017 | plugged | |
#18633 | obstruction | |
#23522 | diaphragm | |
#24365 | pulley | |
#24555 | embargo | |
#26805 | blockade | |
#28830 | deadlock | |
#33033 | occlusion | |
#37894 | blockage | |
#38554 | impediment | |
#48365 | stoppage | |
#49451 | gating | |
#54999 | stopover | |
#59293 | cloture | |
#73621 | occlusive | |
#79190 | layover | |
#140252 | plosive | |
#184256 | silting | |
#238075 | closedown |
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We know people have been stopped for extraordinary time periods leading up to these closure areas, but we are clearing trucks one by one to break through this blockage, and we will get to each driver and restore traffic flow, crews continue to work intensely to tow vehicles that are stuck and blocking the interstate near mile markers 136 in Stafford County, and then plow and treat the interstate to prevent follow-on crashes.
(The doctors said,) ‘It’s good news there’s no blockage, you are pregnant and you are going to have her now!’.
There is only one blockage in Cuba and it is the blockage that the regime has imposed on its people.
In people who have undiagnosed coronary artery disease, there becomes a supply-demand mismatch for oxygen as the heart is demanding more and more, but due to an undiagnosed blockage, the supply is not there, this leads to a heart attack, the increase in heart rate can also be a trigger for underlying arrhythmias. This can lead to, amongst other things, a stroke.
I think what's great about the iStent is it's the first in a whole line of products which is going to fundamentally change the way we treat glaucoma. This is just the first tool we have in this country … we can just bypass the blockage and avoid years of eye drops which have cost and side effects to the patients.
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