Obtund Definition

ŏb-tŭnd
obtunds
verb
To make blunt or dull; make less acute; deaden.
Webster's New World

(chiefly medicine) To reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull.

Wiktionary

Origin of Obtund

  • Middle English obtunden from Latin obtundere ob- against ob– tundere to beat

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin obtundere (“to dull", "deaden", "deafen"), from ob- + tundere

    From Wiktionary

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