Meanings
nouncircumclusion (usually uncountable, plural circumclusions)
plural circumclusions
- uncountableusuallyThe act of enclosing on all sides.
- dateduncountableusuallyAn acupressure technique in which the pin is passed beneath the vessel, the wire loop placed over its point, and the ends brought over the artery and made fast.
Origin
- Latincircumcludere
- Englishcircumclusion
From Latin circumcludere, circumclusum (“to enclose”).
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Rhymes with circumclusion
conclusionfusioninclusionconfusionexclusiondiffusionintrusionillusioninfusiontransfusionextrusiondelusionocclusionBelarusianseclusioneffusionallusionprofusionprotrusiondisillusionmalocclusionpreclusioncontusionVenusian
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APA
circumclusion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumclusion
MLA
“circumclusion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumclusion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circumclusion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumclusion.
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