0 past simple and past participle of impede --
1 to make it more difficult for something to happen or more difficult for someone to do something: --
Perhaps the weight of the glucose impeded the linear movement of the cercariae.
In open-angle glaucoma the outflow is impeded by changes in the trabecular drainage meshwork and is asymptomatic in the early stages.
This has impeded their study in the context of chronic medical illness in general, and particularly in older people.
In healthcare delivery, the functioning of private markets for health risk is impeded by the existence of third-party payments.
As a consequence, the growth of industry and commerce was probably impeded.
This issue is part of the widely accepted view that understanding of the subject/object relationship is impeded by a linguistic process which opposes terms.
This great variety has impeded spoken communication among people from different parts of the country, but the written lingua franca provides an essential unity.
They impeded recruitment for military service by obliterating lists of mobilized soldiers.
