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Impaction

🔄 Synonyms of "Impaction"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
impingementnoun	The act of impinging.
impacted toothnoun	a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Impaction"

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Word	Definition
impingementnoun	The act of impinging.
impacted toothnoun	a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally
cerumennoun	Earwax.
compactionnoun	The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
compressionnoun	An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
oppilationnoun	The act of crowding or filling together
compressurenoun	(archaic) Compression.
smushnoun	An act of crushing or squeezing.
impastationnoun	The act of making into paste.
implosionnoun	A catastrophic failure; a sudden failure or collapse of an organization or system.
autocompactionnoun	(geology) compaction of a stratum due to its own weight
impoundernoun	Someone or something that impounds.
squashingverb	The act by which something is squashed; a pressing.
squeezingverb	The act of pressing; compression.
appilationnoun	Misspelling of appellation. [(formal or dated) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; a designation.]
enclavementnoun	The state of being an enclave, or the act of making an enclave.
constrictionnoun	The act of constricting, the state of being constricted, or something that constricts.
accretionnoun	(uncountable, also figurative) Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth.
colliquefactionnoun	(obsolete) A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.
impositionnoun	The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.