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impacted

Syllabification: (im·pact·ed)
Pronunciation: /imˈpaktid/
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Definition of impacted

adjective

  • 1chiefly Medicine pressed firmly together, in particular.
  • (of a tooth) wedged between another tooth and the jaw.
  • (of a fractured bone) having the parts crushed together.
  • (of feces) lodged in the intestine.
  • 2strongly affected by something:grandiose planning projects have had deleterious effects on impacted social groups

impacted in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of impacted in the British & World English dictionary