Occlusion may refer to:

Health and fitness

* Occlusion (dentistry), the manner in which the upper and lower teeth come together when the mouth is closed *

Occlusion miliaria Miliaria, also called heat rash, sweat rash, or prickly heat, is a skin disease marked by small, itchy rashes due to sweat trapped under the skin by clogged sweat-gland ducts. Miliaria is a common ailment in hot and humid conditions, such as in ...

, a skin condition *

Occlusive dressing An occlusive dressing is an air- and water-tight trauma medical dressing used in first aid. These dressings are generally made with a waxy coating so as to provide a total seal, and as a result do not have the absorbent properties of gauze pads. Th ...

, an air- and water-tight trauma dressing used in first aid * Vascular occlusion, blockage of a blood vessel **

Vascular occlusion training Blood flow restriction training / Occlusion Training (also abbreviated BFR training) or Occlusion Training or KAATSU is an exercise and rehabilitation modality whereby resistance exercise, aerobic exercise or physical therapy movements are perform ...

, or blood flow restriction training, a technique done by some bodybuilders

Other uses

* Ambient occlusion, a shading method used in 3D computer graphics *

Occluded front In meteorology, an occluded front is a type of weather front formed during cyclogenesis. The classical and usual view of an occluded front is that it initiates when a cold front overtakes a warm front near a cyclone, such that the warm air is separ ...

, part of cyclone formation * Occlusion culling, or hidden surface determination, a 3D computer graphics process * Occlusion effect, an audio phenomenon * Occlusive, in phonetics

Health and fitness

Other uses

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