Obtund

[әb'tʌnd]

(verb.) reduce the edge or violence of; 'obtunded reflexes'.

Checked by Balder--From WordNet

(v. t.) 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.

Edited by Ellis

v. a. Blunt, dull, deaden, quell, hebetate, take off the edge of.

Checked by Brady

v.t. to dull or blunt to deaden.—adj. Obtund′ent dulling.—n. an oily mucilage for sores: an application to deaden the nerve of a tooth.

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