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impaction
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impaction, n. [L. impactio a striking : cf. F. impaction.].
- The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip. [1913 Webster]
- An immovable packing;
(Med.) , a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast. [1913 Webster]
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