preocclusion

• pre-occlusion

From pre- +‎ occlusion.

preocclusion (not comparable)

1. Prior to occlusion.

preocclusion (uncountable)

1. The (phonological process, seen for example in Manx, of) insertion of a short stop before a sonorant, such as a [d] before an [n] or [l] (resulting in the preoccluded consonants [ᵈn] and [ᵈl]).

• prestopping, pre-stopping
• preplosion

• pre-occluded, preoccluded

• prestopped, pre-stopped
• preploded