An occluded artery. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It ties into many of his teachings about our "occluded" state, I'd say. From Wordnik.com. [The Power and the Piss] Reference
'occluded' state, in which the cargo is locked inside the protein. From Wordnik.com. [Nano Tech Wire] Reference
Two types of occluded fronts are generally recognized. From Wordnik.com. [Air masses and frontal transitional zones] Reference
Figure 4: Atmospheric cross-section of a occluded front. From Wordnik.com. [Air masses and frontal transitional zones] Reference
What he made out of the occluded interior made him gasp. From Wordnik.com. [Damia's Children]
Callisto is occluded right now so I'll call a day of rest. From Wordnik.com. [The Rowan]
Water occluded his farsight, making it difficult to perceive. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
Because you may have to get there in a totally occluded vision. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2007] Reference
Certainly the sun had been occluded by dense, dark gray clouds. From Wordnik.com. [The Miko]
I bent my mind toward the way away and clouds occluded the sun. From Wordnik.com. [The Hand of Oberon]
Readings Round-Up #5 – mutually occluded at 11:31 am, March 12, 2009. From Wordnik.com. [The first sketches of history » Nieman Journalism Lab] Reference
Heavy condensation occluded the windows, and the windshield wipers were on. From Wordnik.com. [Floating City]
A shadow suddenly fell upon us, as though a cloud had just occluded the sun. From Wordnik.com. [The Hand of Oberon]
The rocket noise was gone as the mind reached for it, like an occluded thought. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Point] Reference
TIMMERMAN: That might have happened behind the apartments that occluded my view. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2001] Reference
Nor were the internal lights regularly occluded by the movement of people within. From Wordnik.com. [A Call to Arms]
KILEY: We hit an un-forecast storm, much like "The Perfect Storm," a occluded front. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2006] Reference
From a Rhune, thought Kolodin, even an occluded Rhune, this was almost effusiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Marune: Alastor 933]
His symptoms were an intermittent, partial paralysis and occluded vision, plus fever. From Wordnik.com. [Spin] Reference
MOR-YOSEF (through translator): As I've said, no artery has been found to be occluded. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 11, 2006] Reference
The stars were occluded by a high cloud layer that allowed only a few to show through. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
The aperture of exit is a curved slit, again partially occluded by the mucous membrane. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
The lenses had been sufficiently dark to obscure everything but the partially occluded sun. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Hand]
So once that object goes into the garbage it's occluded by what's already in the background. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2005] Reference
There followed a grating noise and the view was partly occluded by the edge of a large boulder. From Wordnik.com. [Trumps of Doom]
Now assume that the object begins to be occluded by a second object, approaching from the left. From Wordnik.com. [William Heytesbury] Reference
Still; if the cerebellum only is occluded other areas of the nervous system will provide information. From Wordnik.com. [Marune: Alastor 933]
From the estate atop the hill, the view of the river had been largely occluded by late-spring foliage. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
A cold type occluded front occurs when the air behind the front is colder than the air ahead of the front. From Wordnik.com. [Air masses and frontal transitional zones] Reference
When the air behind the front is warmer than the air ahead of the front a warm type occluded front is produced. From Wordnik.com. [Air masses and frontal transitional zones] Reference
It's hard to be told that growth is occluded by a set of lagging indicators, when the lagging indicator is you. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Story Of The Midterm Elections: Underemployment] Reference
Some of its figures are barely visible, and many details are occluded, but it's still best appreciated in person. From Wordnik.com. [Revolutionary Romanticism] Reference
Except not really, because most of these PACs will be presenting themselves in the most occluded fashion possible. From Wordnik.com. [Jason And Eliot Start A PAC!] Reference
A little later, when I was trying to find some way to set up the blister tent, a dark shape occluded the sky above. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
Instead, it combined with the warm front from yesterday, and produced a stalled occluded front in the Great Lakes region. From Wordnik.com. [HUFFPOST HILL - JULY 13TH, 2010] Reference
As in, the only light entering the gymnasium was from the pop machines, and most of that was occluded with someone's bedroll. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
There were never fewer than a dozen fiery streaks in the sky, and sometimes the evening sky was all but occluded by the meteors. From Wordnik.com. [Ilium]
True, they whipped fear and doubt into the occluded heart of fearful and reactionary voters, but preserving the status quo is no victory. From Wordnik.com. [Michael B. Laskoff: The Balls, Brains and Humility to Be Healthy] Reference
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