impacted

(im paktid)

adjective

  1. pressed tightly together; driven firmly in; wedged in; esp., firmly lodged in the jaw: said of a tooth unable to erupt properly because of its abnormal position, lack of space, etc.
  2. ☆ financially or otherwise strained by heavy demand on public services, as schools: said esp. of areas having a high population density or a large proportion of federal employees living on nontaxable federal property such as a military base

See impacted in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Wedged together at the broken ends. Used of a fractured bone.
  2. Placed in the alveolus in a manner prohibiting eruption into a normal position. Used of a tooth.
  3. Wedged or packed in, so as to fill or block an organ or a passage: impacted feces.

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