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Definition of Obtund
1. Verb. Reduce the edge or violence of. "Obtunded reflexes"
Definition of Obtund
1. v. t. To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall.
Definition of Obtund
1. Verb. (transitive chiefly medicine) To reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obtund
1. to deaden [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: deaden
Medical Definition of Obtund
1. To dull or blunt, especially to blunt sensation or deaden pain. Origin: L. Ob-tundo, pp. -tusus, to beat against, blunt (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obtund
Literary usage of Obtund
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A dictionary of the Spanish and English languages, orig. compiled by Neuman by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti (1862)
"To blunt, to obtund or to dull Embolsar, va. l. To put money into a purse. 2.
To reimburse, to recover any ..."
2. Modern Dental Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Including the by John Peter Buckley (1910)
"The method is called cataphoresis; but because of the expensive and complicated
apparatus, the length of time required to obtund as well as oftentimes ..."
3. Dictionary of English Language Exhibiting Orthography, Pronunciation and by Arnold James Cooley (1861)
"... fig., to blunt or deaden (aa the feelings or sensation) ; to red. the edge,
pungency, or viol, action of any thing. H., obtund'ing, p. ; obtund'ed, pp., ..."
4. The new and complete dictionary of the English languageby John Ash by John Ash (1795)
"... (p. from obtund) Blunted, deadened, quelled. OBTURA'TION (i. from tbt Lat.
... (pa from obtund) Blunting, deadening, quelling. ..."
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