blockage.
The state or condition of being blocked.
Meaning & usage
The state or condition of being blocked.
The thing that is the cause of such a state, blocking a passage.
There was a blockage in the sewer, so we called out the plumber.
Occlusion of a lumen (especially that of a blood vessel or intestine), or the thing that is causing it; as: Synonym of thrombosis, thromboembolism, or embolism.
Blockage of circulation quickly leads to ischemia.
In selected cases, endovascular thrombectomy can quickly remove a blockage that pharmaceutical thrombolysis can't budge.
Occlusion of a lumen (especially that of a blood vessel or intestine), or the thing that is causing it; as: Synonym of constipation (“impairment of feces passage”).
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English block Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English blockage From block + -age.
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