Impacted Definition
ĭm-păktĭd
adjective
Pressed tightly together; driven firmly in; wedged in; esp., firmly lodged in the jaw.
Webster's New World
Placed in the alveolus in a manner prohibiting eruption into a normal position. Used of a tooth.
American Heritage Medicine
Financially or otherwise strained by heavy demand on public services, as schools.
Webster's New World
Wedged or packed in, so as to fill or block an organ or a passage.
Impacted feces.
American Heritage Medicine
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