obtund
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- obtundation noun
- obtundent adjective
Etymology
Origin of obtund
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin obtundere “to beat at,” equivalent to ob- ob- + tundere “to strike”
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, The Concise Oxford Dictionary says to obtund is "to blunt or deaden".
From BBC
In the same way, the obtunding of the nerve cells in the cortex by anaesthetics or of the conducting nerve apparatus on the way to the brain by local anaesthesia, will have a like effect.
From Project Gutenberg
In men of genius the moral sense is sometimes obtunded, if not altogether absent.
From Project Gutenberg
Madeira did not seem to be unconscious, but his senses were obtunded, and it was some minutes before he could sit up.
From Project Gutenberg
Daily contact with vice obtunds their first abhorrence of it.
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