Impaction

A condition in which two things are impacted.

Cramping or tight wedging of materials or parts in a limited space, especially feces lodged in the lower colon.

A term applied to a condition in which two things are firmly lodged together. For example, when one piece of bone is driven within another following a fracture, this is known as an impacted fracture; when a tooth is firmly lodged in its socket so that its eruption is prevented, this is known as dental impaction. Intractable constipation is termed faecal impaction.

A condition of being tightly wedged into a part, as when the eruption of a tooth is blocked by other teeth; the overloading of an organ, as the feces in the bowels.

A situation where earwax has accumulated and densely compacted within the outer ear, leading to the obstruction of the external ear canal.