INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION Synonyms

• a structure or object that impedes free movement

• any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective

• anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access

• the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• the act of blocking

• a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

• the narrow part of a bottle near the top

• slow down or impede by creating an obstruction

• become narrow, like a bottleneck

• footwear usually with wooden soles

• any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction

• a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps

• become or cause to become obstructed

• dance a clog dance

• impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden

• impede with a clog or as if with a clog

• coalesce or unite in a mass

• fill to excess so that function is impaired

• approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap

• a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

• a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric

• something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• the act of blocking

• termination of operations

• terminate debate by calling for a vote

• excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part

• excessive crowding

• a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

• tight or narrow compression

• a tight feeling in some part of the body

• the action or process of compressing

• a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

• a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

• female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

• obstruct with, or as if with, a dam

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

• a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

• a street with only one way in or out

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any structure that makes progress difficult

• preserve of crushed fruit

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• a dense crowd of people

• deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

• press tightly together or cram

• push down forcibly

• crush or bruise

• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

• get stuck and immobilized

• crowd or pack to capacity

• block passage through

• any structure that makes progress difficult

• the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

• the act of obstructing

• getting in someone's way

• closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)

• (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft

• (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• the act of blocking

• abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• the act of stopping something

• blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel