occlusive (oklosiv)

[L. occlusus, pp. of occludere, close up (see occlude ), + -ive.] Closing; serving to close: as, an occlusive dre ing for a wound. Medical News, LIII. 117. occlusor (o-klö'sor), n.; pl. occlusores (ok-lö-so' rēz). [NL., cut under Lingulidæ. A large digastric occlusor muscle lies on the ventral side of the stomodæum. Micros. Science, XXX. ii. 113.