pressing+together
31Impaction, dental — Teeth pressing together. For example, molar teeth (the large teeth in the back of the jaw) can be impacted, cause pain and require pain medication, antibiotics, and surgical removal …
32Intussusception — Telescoping (prolapse) of a portion of the intestine within another immediately adjacent portion of intestine. This decreases the supply of blood to the affected part of the intestine, and frequently leads to intestinal obstruction. The pressure… …
33throng — [13] The etymological notion underlying throng is of ‘pressing together’. It was borrowed from Old Norse throng ‘crowd’, which went back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *thringg ‘press’ (source also of German drang ‘crowd, pressure’… …
34compression — c.1400, from M.Fr. compression (14c.), from L. compressionem (nom. compressio) a pressing together, noun of action from compress , pp. stem of comprimere (see COMPRESS (Cf. compress)). Related: Compressional wave (1887) …
35compression — com pres·sion || eʃn n. pressing together, making smaller using pressure …
36compressions — com pres·sion || eʃn n. pressing together, making smaller using pressure …
37compression — n. 1. Condensation, pressing together, squeezing, pinching, confining. 2. Tight closure, close shutting, firm closing. 3. Brevity, terseness, succinctness, pithiness, condensation, conciseness …
38crimp — I [[t]krɪmp[/t]] v. t. 1) to press into small regular folds; make wavy 2) clo to curl (hair), esp. with a curling iron 3) to seal by pressing together 4) to restrain or hinder 5) to corrugate (sheet metal, cardboard, etc.) 6) clo to bend… …
39farmer cheese — farm′er (or farm′er s) cheese n. coo a cheese similar to dry cottage cheese, made by pressing together curds of milk • Etymology: 1945–50 …
40sweat — [[t]swɛt[/t]] v. sweat sweat•ed, sweat•ing, 1) phl to perspire, esp. freely 2) to exude moisture, as green plants 3) to gather moisture from the surrounding air by condensation 4) (of moisture or liquid) to ooze or be exuded 5) inf Informal. a)… …
