occluded

Definitions of occluded
  1. adjective
    closed off
    “an occluded artery”
    synonyms:
    obstructed
    shut off to passage or view or hindered from action
  2. adjective
    (of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance
    “large volumes of occluded hydrogen in palladium”
    synonyms: sorbed
    combined
    made or joined or united into one
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