Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Impacted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Impacted \Im*pact"ed\, a.
Driven together or close.
{Impacted fracture} (Surg.), a fracture in which the
fragments are driven into each other so as to be
immovable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Impact \Im*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impacted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Impacting}.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push,
strike against. See {Impinge}.]
To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a
place. --Woodward.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
impacted
adj : wedged or packed in together; "an impacted tooth" [syn: {wedged}]
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