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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. wedged or packed in together;
- Example: "an impacted tooth"
[syn: impacted, wedged]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.] 1. To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. --Woodward. [1913 Webster] 2. To affect or influence, especially in a significant or undesirable manner; as, budget cuts impacted the entire research program; the fish populations were adversely impacted by pollution. [PJC] 3. To collide forcefully with; to strike. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Impacted \Im*pact"ed\, a. 1. Driven together or close. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: (Dentistry) Grown in an abnormal direction so that it is wedged against another tooth and cannot erupt normally; -- of teeth, especially the third molar; as, to extract an impacted third molar. [PJC] Impacted fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the fragments are driven into each other so as to be immovable. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

impacted adj 1: wedged or packed in together; "an impacted tooth" [syn: impacted, wedged]