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ADJECTIVE:
  1. Wedged together at the broken ends. Used of a fractured bone.
  2. Placed in the alveolus in a manner prohibiting eruption into a normal position. Used of a tooth.
  3. Wedged or packed in, so as to fill or block an organ or a passage: impacted feces.



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