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Definition of Occlusive
1. Noun. A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it. "His stop consonants are too aspirated"
Generic synonyms: Obstruent
Terms within: Implosion, Explosion, Plosion
Specialized synonyms: Labial Stop, Glottal Catch, Glottal Plosive, Glottal Stop, Click, Suction Stop
Antonyms: Continuant Consonant
2. Adjective. Tending to occlude.
Definition of Occlusive
1. Adjective. That tends to occlude. ¹
2. Noun. (phonetics) A plosive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Occlusive
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Occlusive
1. Serving to close; denoting a bandage or dressing that closes a wound and excludes it from the air. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Occlusive
Literary usage of Occlusive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Phonetics of the New High German Language by Arwid Johannson (1906)
"in occlusive ',,,..,, . . In a similar manner in the groups bm, j)lml, eg in
Obmann, and in the groups dn, fn, eg in Edna, Atna, the usual explosion of the ..."
2. Health Consequences of Smoking: Cardiovascular Disease: A Report of the by DIANE Publishing Company, C. Everett Koop, M.D. (1995)
"Most peripheral arterial occlusive disease is due to atherosclerosis, ...
occlusive lesions of the origins of visceral arteries commonly involve the renal ..."
3. The Treatment of Wounds: Its Principles and Practice, General and Special by Lewis Stephen Pilcher (1883)
"... Wound-cleanliness — Immediate Antiseptic Occlusion—No Immediate
Exploration—Classification—Statistics of Reyher—Non-occlusive Treatment—Enlargement, ..."
4. Ocular Therapeutics by Armand Darier (1903)
"... and occlusive dressing.—Arborescent keratitis.—Herpes corneae febrilis. — Zona.
— Bullous keratitis. — Macular keratitis. ..."
5. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"An index of <0.9 is suggestive of occlusive LEAD, particularly if symptoms or
clinical findings such as bruits or absent pulses are present. ..."
6. Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory by Yale University Psychological Laboratory, Edward Wheeler Scripture (1902)
"... the use of a new type for the sound [g], and because the letter g is in most
European languages commonly associated with the occlusive. ..."
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