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OCCLUSIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

Example:

his stop consonants are too aspirated

Synonyms:

occlusive; plosive; plosive consonant; plosive speech sound; stop; stop consonant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("occlusive" is a kind of...):

obstruent (a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth)

Meronyms (parts of "occlusive"):

implosion (the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant)

explosion; plosion (the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "occlusive"):

labial stop (a stop consonant that is produced with the lips)

glottal catch; glottal plosive; glottal stop (a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel)

click; suction stop (a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu))

Derivation:

occlusive (tending to occlude)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tending to occlude

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

occlusion (closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel))

Derivation:

occlude (block passage through)

occlusive (a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A synthetic, glycomimetic molecule and pan-selectin antagonist, with potential use in a vaso-occlusive crisis.

(Pan-Selectin Antagonist GMI-1070, NCI Thesaurus)