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obtund
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[əbˈtʌnd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- dull the sensitivity of; blunt; deaden
(e.g: the next step is to obtund the tissues to be operated on)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin obtundere, from ob- ‘against’ + tundere ‘to beat’
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