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Definition of obtunding in English English dictionary
- present participle of obtund
- obtund
- To reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull
Small doses of opioids are also useful in obtunding airway reflexes.
- obtund
- {v} to blunt, dull, deaden, break, quell
- obtund
- To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall
- obtund
- reduce the edge or violence of; "obtunded reflexes"
- obtund
- To reduce the edge, to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell
- obtund
- {f} make blunt (a point, knife, etc.); dull (pain)
- obtund
- reduce the edge or violence of; "obtunded reflexes