blockage

noun

block·​age ˈblä-kij 

: an act or instance of obstructing : the state of being blocked

a blockage in a coronary artery

Examples of blockage in a Sentence

He had surgery to open up blockages in his arteries.

trying to prevent blockage of the artery

Recent Examples on the Web

There are alignments of anemia with some of the early modern symptoms of green sickness—though very few people today are likely to think anemia is caused by a blockage of bodily humors curable by intercourse. —Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 Sep. 2025

The hopes that his campaign aroused in people were not capable of being delivered upon by the prose of actual governing—through Congress, and the filibuster, and all these blockages. —David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025

Study 2 In this study, an extension of the first, the research team studied how T cells behave during chronic infections and during checkpoint blockage therapy. —New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025

Drivers may be impacted by road blockages, and there may be disruptions of other means of transportation – including flights, trains, and taxi services. —Dan Gooding jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1724, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for blockage

• dockage
• lockage

Kids Definition

blockage

noun

block·​age ˈbläk-ij 

: an act or instance of blocking : the state of being blocked

a blockage in an artery

Medical Definition

blockage

noun

block·​age ˈbläk-ij 

: the action of blocking or the state of being blocked: as

a

: blockade sense 2

b

: internal resistance to understanding a communicated idea, to learning new material, or to adopting a new mode of response because of existing habitual ways of thinking, perceiving, and acting compare blocking

Legal Definition

blockage

noun

block·​age

: the condition of a large block of items of property (as shares of stock) that requires special valuation for purposes of estate and gift tax because the value of the items sold as a block differs from their value if sold individually