Ockluderade

Ockluderade is a Swedish adjective meaning occluded or blocked. It describes a structure or passage that has been obstructed, closed off, or sealed, and it can refer to either a complete blockage or a partial one. The form is the past participle of the verb ockludera, which in turn originates from the Latin occludere meaning to close or shut off.

In medical and scientific Swedish, ockluderade is commonly used to indicate that a pathway or opening is impeded. Examples include an occluded artery, an occluded duct, or an occluded airway. The term can be applied to both anatomical structures and pathological conditions where flow is restricted or blocked, such as vascular occlusion, biliary duct occlusion, or airway obstruction. The neuter form for singular nouns is ockluderat, and the plural form is ockluderade.

Usage notes: while ockluderad is widely understood in clinical contexts, some related terms may be preferred in specific subfields. For example, in dentistry the concept of occlusion is more often expressed with the term okklusion rather than ocklusion or ockludera, depending on the precise phenomenon described. Ockluderade remains a general descriptor of blockage rather than a diagnostic label in itself.

See also: occlusion; occluded; occlusion-related terms in medical terminology.