blockage
blockage
Definition
block·age (bläk′ij)
noun
a blocking or being blocked
blockage
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- artery: Sometimes blockage of the artery to the kidney causes pain.
- duct: Cystic Fibrosis can cause the blockage of small ducts in the liver.
Converse of object
- bypass: The tube just bypasses the blockage by draining the urine outside the body.
- relieve: In some cases, a permanent metal tube, called a stent, may be placed across the obstruction, to relieve the blockage.
- remove: Chapter 17 A few pages are missing with more details of Michael Christy's efforts to remove the blockage from the pipe.
- overcome: With most children a drain can be placed that overcomes the blockage.
Preposition: in
- artery: A blockage in the arteries supplying blood to the heart or brain can cause a heart attack or stroke.
- sewer: In some instances flooding may occur due to defects or blockages in a private sewer or drain rather than a public sewer.
Adjective modifier
- stal: On the left hand side of the passage about 20m toward the entrance from the stal blockage is a short inlet passage.
- intestinal: An attempt should be made to see whether the fish is defecating, in case the problem is being caused by an intestinal blockage.
- nasal: The most effective treatment for nasal blockage due to polyps is surgical removal.
- arterial: I was ready to find out if I may have arterial blockages, which may be continuing to advance.
- partial: It's caused by a partial blockage of a coronary artery.
- sudden: Sudden blockage to the drainage of urine from the kidney can cause damage.
Noun used with modifier
- calcite: From here a tiny slot through a calcite blockage looked down into darkness.
- catheter: Don't ignore persistent catheter blockage, it should be investigated.
- sewer: Last year, 75 of our customers ' homes were flooded internally with sewage due to nearby sewer blockages.
- boulder: At the end of a short, wide traverse we came to a boulder blockage.
- artery: Why the English haven't all died of coronary artery blockage yet is a mystery.
- bowel: Not all large bowel blockages are due to cancers originating in the bowel.
Browse dictionary entries near blockage
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