occlusion

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In November, the Food and Drug Administration approved the drug for use in patients with macular edema following retinal vein occlusion, a condition where leaky blood vessels in the eye cause swelling.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

However, these sensors often face challenges like reduced detection capabilities in adverse weather, on unstructured roads, or due to occlusion.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

Typically, wearing a patch - often referred to as patching or occlusion therapy - requires covering the unaffected eye for a couple of hours a day.

From BBC • May 31, 2023

Similar systems of occlusion and erasure are at work 150 years later in the current hype around AI.

From Salon • May 30, 2023

Towards the end his faculties now and then were a little dimmed; but the occlusion carried compensation with it.

From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur