Meanings
verbobtund (third-person singular simple present obtunds, present participle obtunding, simple past and past participle obtunded)
present singular third person obtunds · participle present obtunding · participle past obtunded · past obtunded
- transitivemedicineTo reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull.
Small doses of opioids are also useful in obtunding airway reflexes […]
2008, Jerrold H. Levy, Kenichi A. Tanaka, Eric J. Okun, “Cardial Surgical Pharmacology”, in Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, →ISBN, page 1031 more example
[…] 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 […]
1900, Martha M. Allen, Alcohol, a Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, page 319
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian притъпявам
- притъпявам (prităpjavam)to dull
Finnish hillitä, rajoittaa
- hillitäto dull
- rajoittaato dull
German abstumpfen
- abstumpfento dull
Norwegian Bokmål døyve, dulme
- døyveto dull
- dulmeto dull
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with obtund
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APA
obtund. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obtund
MLA
“obtund.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obtund. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obtund,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obtund.
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