obtund
English
editEtymology
editLatin obtundere (“to dull", "deaden", "deafen”), from ob- (see ob-) + tundere. More at obtuse.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /əbˈtʌnd/, /ɒbˈtʌnd/
- (US) IPA(key): /əbˈtʌnd/, /ɑbˈtʌnd/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌnd
Verb
editobtund (third-person singular simple present obtunds, present participle obtunding, simple past and past participle obtunded)
- (transitive, chiefly medicine) To reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull.
- 1900, Martha M. Allen, Alcohol, a Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine[1], page 319:
- […] the use of alcoholic decoctions […] which are given as medicines to allay pain, obtund nerve sensibility, to cure the little sufferer of his vital manifestations […]
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editto dull
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