Definition of Obturating

1. obturate [v] - See also: obturate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obturating

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

Literary usage of Obturating

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

1. Diseases of the ear in childhood: By Dr. Gustav Alexander, Tr. by Arthur J by Gustav Alexander, Arthur Joseph Bedell (1914)
"obturating, infectious, fusiform thrombus with pointed ends. ... An obturating thrombus, therefore, can only completely occlude the medial section of the ..."

2. Text-book of Ordnance and Gunnery by William Harvey Tschappat (1917)
"In some primers a small percentage of gum arabic is used to form a matrix for the friction composition. A friction primer of the non-obturating type and a ..."

3. The Service of Coast Artillery by Frank Thomas Hines, Franklin Wilmer Ward (1910)
"the vent of the piece in the same manner as for service firing. Igniting primers consist essentially of a brass body, an obturating cup, ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"In arteriosclerosis we often find large obturating plaques which almost ... At times we find occlusion of a vessel by obturating masses at the site of an ..."

5. General Pathology by Ernst Ziegler (1908)
"A thrombus completely closing the lumen of the vessel is called au obturating thrombus (Fig. 22, a, b~). The coagula first formed ... obturating mixed and ..."

6. The Gunner's Examiner by Harold Edward Cloke (1908)
"A. Common friction, common electric, obturating friction, ... Q. Explain the action of the common friction and the obturating friction primer. ..."

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