Definition of Obtunds

1. Verb. (third-person singular of obtund) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Obtunds

1. obtund [v] - See also: obtund

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obtunds

obtrusions
obtrusive
obtrusively
obtrusiveness
obtrusivenesses
obtund
obtundation
obtunded
obtundent
obtundents
obtunder
obtunders
obtunding
obtundities
obtundity
obtunds (current term)
obturate
obturated
obturates
obturating
obturating embolism
obturation
obturations
obturator
obturator canal
obturator externus
obturator fascia

Literary usage of Obtunds

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Gynecology by Howard Atwood Kelly (1912)
"... which normally obtunds and renders transitory the natural pain of the first cohabitation, disappears, and an attitude of anxious expectancy takes its ..."

2. American Journal of Dental Science by American Society of Dental Surgeons (1900)
"This solution either owing to an increased capillarity over the fluid in the dentinal tubuli or some other cause, obtunds thin layers of the dentine so that ..."

3. Cincinnati Medical and Dental Journal (1887)
"The cocaine obtunds the momentary pain caused by the application of the acid. Prof. Taft said it had been his privilege to be three days with Dr. Herbst. ..."

4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1905)
"It obtunds the senses of hunger and thirst, tranquilizes the nervous system and undoubtedly diminishes the excretion of sugar. This, of course, may be due ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1894)
"... seldom give this emotion a single thought until late in life when libido and vita sexualis are on the wane. Married life obtunds religious fervor. ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1894)
"... seldom give this emotion a single thought until late in life when libido and vita sexualis are on the wane. Married life obtunds religious fervor. ..."

7. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1844)
"... or even let it be subject to great bodily fatigue : and now an oppressive languor creeps upon the mind, obtunds the feelings, impedes the power of ..."

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