What's the difference between blockage and obstruction?

Blockage


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The blockage of the tubular system by the calcium oxalate deposits leads to a temporary reversible increase in serum urea and serum creatinine.
  • (2) Instead, we discovered that the size of the basal cisterns around the brain stem enabled us to predict blockage earlier and more reliably.
  • (3) In some of the rabbits, a rise in antibody Level occurred without appearance of weakness, while it is still likely that AChR antibody could be necessary for the induction of neuromuscular blockage.
  • (4) If beta-blockage does not cause lowering of aqueous humor secretion, in itself responsible for the maintenance of intraocular pressure, what is the mechanism of action?
  • (5) Other characteristics of the LHP that were demonstrated include: a lack of blockage by GABAA receptor antagonists, a probable voltage sensitivity (decrease in amplitude in the depolarizing direction), and an apparent brief onset latency (less than 10 ms) when the early IPSP was blocked by picrotoxin.
  • (6) Furthermore, cycloheximide administered prior to or along with ACTH resulted in the blockage of any new transcription of the cytochrome P-450(11)beta gene as evidenced from the level of RNA.
  • (7) Speculatively, the blockage by dbcAMP of the morphogenetic cascade in the co-cultured system may be related to the inhibition by dbcAMP of testis cord formation in organ cultures of fetal gonads reported by others.
  • (8) Another potential cause of a blockage in the discussions was the future of Maria Eagle , the shadow defence secretary.
  • (9) Blockage of these sites leads to aggregation patterns in which the side-by-side contacts of aggregating cells are abolished.
  • (10) At necropsy, a stricture was found at the ileocecal junction that resulted in blockage and dilation of the ileum proximal to the stricture.
  • (11) These findings indicate alternative metabolic pathways may be operational in newborn rat brain enabling it to circumvent major blockage in thiamine-dependent reactions.
  • (12) Cultures incubated with 3.6 microM-cycloheximide for up to 9 h and supplemented with p-nitrophenyl beta-D-xyloside during the last 75 min of treatment showed increased synthesis of [3H,35S]chondroitin sulphate, demonstrating that UDP-hexose precursors for glycosaminoglycan synthesis are not rapidly depleted on blockage of protein synthesis.
  • (13) The difference was because of the high incidence of blockage of the stents causing recurrent jaundice, but the stents could easily be replaced.
  • (14) Despite a 30% rate of luminal blockage in stents retrieved after indwelling times up to 3 months, the incidence of clinical obstruction in stented tracts up to 3 months was 4%, confirming other reports that significant urine flow occurs around rather than through hollow, vented stents.
  • (15) This might indicate a toxic metabolic blockage in the transformation of monoiodotyrosine to diiodothyronine.
  • (16) Blockage of the balloon system was possibly caused by twisting the system to reach and pass the lesion in the branch of left circumflex coronary artery.
  • (17) Hysteroscopic hydrotubation may be an alternative treatment for tubal blockage.
  • (18) For H(+) ion blockage, a simpler model, in which H(+) enters the channel only from the bathing medium, is found to be sufficient.
  • (19) The pathological findings included intestinal stasis, intestinal blockage, acute intestinal rupture and intestinal rupture with peritonitis.
  • (20) Christmas 2013 caused 2,635 sewer blockages in Yorkshire alone.

Obstruction


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
  • (n.) That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
  • (n.) The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We have previously shown that intratracheally instilled silica (quartz) produces both morphologic evidence of emphysema and small-airway changes, and functional evidence of airflow obstruction.
  • (2) Evaluation revealed tricuspid insufficiency, a massively dilated right internal jugular vein, and obstruction of the left internal jugular vein.
  • (3) A segment of vas deferens was transplanted to the contralateral deferens with the intention of improving treatment for certain cases of infertility caused by obstruction.
  • (4) In the case presented, overdistension of a jejunostomy catheter balloon led to intestinal obstruction and pressure necrosis (of the small bowel), with subsequent abscess formation leading to death from septicemia.
  • (5) During the procedure, acute respiratory failure developed as a result of tracheal obstruction.
  • (6) Intranasal challenge of allergic subjects with the allergen to which they are sensitive rapidly produces sneezing, rhinorrhea, and airway obstruction.
  • (7) Delineation of the presence and anatomy of an obstructed, nonfunctioning upper-pole duplex system often requires multiple imaging techniques.
  • (8) Therefore, the measurement of the alpha-antitrypsin content plays the crucial part in differential diagnosis of primary (hereditary determined) and secondary (obstructive) emphysema.
  • (9) In 2 patients who had received cadaveric renal allograft, ureteral obstruction was detected six and one-half and five and one-half years after transplantation.
  • (10) Two cases are presented of bilateral ureteral obstruction and uremia due to pressure from nodes involved in disseminated lymphoma.
  • (11) The occurrence of episodes of desaturation during sleep in patients suffering from chronic airflow obstruction is well known.
  • (12) Keep it in the ground campaign Though they draw on completely different archives, leaked documents, and interviews with ex-employees, they reach the same damning conclusion: Exxon knew all that there was to know about climate change decades ago, and instead of alerting the rest of us denied the science and obstructed the politics of global warming.
  • (13) Tubal obstruction could be demonstrated in only one of these patients.
  • (14) Schistosomal obstructive uropathy was studied by clinical, laboratory epidemiologic and pathologic analysis in 155 Egyptian patients treated surgically.
  • (15) For obstruction of greater than or equal to 50% of the pulmonary vascular cross-sectional area and pulmonary hypertension thrombolytic therapy should be given and insertion of an inferior caval filter can be considered.
  • (16) Regression of the tumor occurred during an episode of mechanical small bowel obstruction.
  • (17) Comparison with 99Tc-pyrophosphate uptake in infarcted dog heart, induced by selective obstruction of a coronary artery, suggest that the 111In-labelled F(ab')2 localizes specifically in infarcted myocardium only.
  • (18) In case of biliary and pancreatic duct obstruction with pure pancreatic reflux, both oedema and inflammatory infiltrations were evident, whereas, in the presence of biliary reflux too, more serious histological features were detected.
  • (19) We recently treated a patient in whom HPVG was caused by intestinal pseudo-obstruction.
  • (20) In patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, although either sympathomimetic or anticholinergic therapy provides bronchodilatation, no further benefit could be demonstrated from combination therapy.