impaction
[ im-pak-shuhn ]
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(i) Sudden laryngeal obstruction due to impaction of food or other foreign body.
There is sudden pain at the site of impaction of the embolus, and the pulses beyond are lost.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesThey never give rise to the classical symptoms associated with impaction of a loose body between the articular surfaces.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesIn some cases there is impaction, and in others comminution of the fragments.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander MilesThe site of the impaction is always in the small intestines.
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