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disclusion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪsˈkluːʒən/

Etymology

From Latin disclusio, from discludere, disclusum (“to separate”). See disclose.

Meanings

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A shutting off; exclusion.
   • impressed in the Brain, the composition of them, and disclusion and various disposal of them, is plainly an arbitrarious act, 1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, so Farre Forth as It is Demonstrable from the Knowledge of Nature and the Light of Reason, London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for William Morden […], →OCLC:
2. (countable, uncountable) A separation of the teeth when the jaw is slightly opened.
3. (countable, uncountable) Especially, a separation of posterior teeth when the lower jaw moves forward, as a natural result of the alignment of the anterior teeth.

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