obtund
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/əbˈtʌnd/
(UK)
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/əbˈtʌnd/ (UK) · /ɒbˈtʌnd/ (UK) · /əbˈtʌnd/ (US) · /ɑbˈtʌnd/ (US)
Definition of obtund
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull.
“[…] 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 […]”
“Small doses of opioids are also useful in obtunding airway reflexes […]”
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Etymology
Latin obtundere (“to dull", "deaden", "deafen”), from ob- (see ob-) + tundere. More at obtuse.
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