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artery occlusion
ar·ter·y oc·clu·sion [ ahr-tuh-ree uh-kloo-zhuhn ]
Definitions related to occlusion of artery (disorder):
  • (artery occlusion) Obstruction or closure of the vessels carrying blood away from the heart.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (arterial occlusion) Blockage of blood flow through an artery.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
  • (arterial occlusion) Complete closure of the normally patent lumen of the blood vessels which carry blood away from the heart.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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