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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

disclusio

, fr.

discludere

disclusum

, to separate. See

A shutting off; exclusion.

[Obs.]

Dr. H. More.

Noun.

Discluzhun. [L.] An emission; a throwing out. [Little used.]

disclusion

(obsolete) A shutting off; exclusion.
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(dentistry) A separation of the teeth when the jaw is slightly opened.
(dentistry) Especially, a separation of posterior teeth when the lower jaw moves forward, as a natural result of the alignment of the anterior teeth.