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occlusion

[uh-kloo-zhuhn] / əˈklu ʒən /


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The drugmaker said the Food and Drug Administration had approved Eylea HD for the treatment of patients with macular edema following retinal vein occlusion, a common cause of vision impairment in adults.

From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025

However, these sensors often face challenges like reduced detection capabilities in adverse weather, on unstructured roads, or due to occlusion.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023

Typically, wearing a patch - often referred to as patching or occlusion therapy - requires covering the unaffected eye for a couple of hours a day.

From BBC ● May 31, 2023

Similar systems of occlusion and erasure are at work 150 years later in the current hype around AI.

From Salon ● May 30, 2023

He said death was caused by a left coronary occlusion, which is a heart attack via a blood clot.

From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Lauren Ann Isaacson


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