blockage

noun5

1. •
   The state or condition of being blocked.
2. •
   The thing that is the cause of such a state, blocking a passage.

   • There was a blockage in the sewer, so we called out the plumber.
3. •
   Occlusion of a lumen (especially that of a blood vessel or intestine), or the thing that is causing it.
4. •
   Synonym of thrombosis, thromboembolism, or embolism.

   • Blockage of circulation quickly leads to ischemia.
   • In selected cases, endovascular thrombectomy can quickly remove a blockage that pharmaceutical thrombolysis can't budge.
5. •
   Synonym of constipation (“impairment of feces passage”).