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Word: Obtund
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin obtundere, from ob- ‘against’ + tundere ‘to beat’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əbˈtʌnd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
dull the sensitivity of; blunt; deaden
Short Definition:dull sensitivity of
Examples:- the next step is to obtund the tissues to be operated on
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