blockage

blockage
[[t]blɒ̱kɪʤ[/t]]
blockages
N-COUNT: oft N in/of n
A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.

The logical treatment is to remove this blockage.

...a total blockage in one of the coronary arteries.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • blockage — 1827, from BLOCK (Cf. block) + AGE (Cf. age) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • blockage — Recognition in the field of taxation of fact that in some instances a large block of stock cannot be marketed and turned into cash as readily as a few shares. Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Co. v. Reeves, Ky., 259 S.W.2d 432, 433. The discount at …   Black's law dictionary

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