Obliteration

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This article covers the medical term obliteration. For the Norwegian death metal band, see Obliteration (band) .

Obliteration or obliterate (from Latin oblitum "clogged", oblinere "smeared up", "clogged") is a medical term. In anatomy or pathology, it describes the closing or sclerosing of vessels, hollow organs or body cavities.

This can be an intended process in the context of a medical intervention (obliteration of varicose veins or blood vessels in the nasal mucous membrane in the case of severe nosebleeds), but the term also refers to a pathological obstruction of vessels or hollow organs (obliteration, i.e. occlusion of the urethra, for example, can occur due to illness , at least in very few cases desired or intended).

Examples

• Obliteratio pericardii : Adhesion of the pericardial sac leaves
• Obliteration of arteries: umbilical arteries after childbirth, in endarteritis
• Obliteration of veins: umbilical vein after childbirth, ductus venosus
• Obliteration of the urethra
• Obliteration of the urachus
• Obliteration of the cochlea after meningitis, labyrinthitis or otosclerosis
• In dentistry : occlusion of the root canals by calcification (e.g. by a denticle )

See also

• Obstruction (medicine)
• Obturation

Individual proof

1. ^ O. Dornblüth: Clinical Dictionary . 14th edition. 1927.