Meaning of Impaction

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Impaction

1. 1
   n.

   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.

2. 2
   n.

   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.

3. 3
   n.

   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.

4. 4
   n.

   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.