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occlude (v.)
1590s, from Latin
occludere
(past participle
occlusus
) "shut up, close up," from
ob
"against, up" (see
ob-
) +
claudere
"to shut, close" (see
close
(v.)). Of teeth, 1888 (also see
occlusion
). Related:
Occluded
;
occluding
.
