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Definitions
reduce the edge or violence of
Word origin
Latin obtundere (“to dull", "deaden", "deafen”), from ob- (see ob-) + tundere. More at obtuse.
Used in a sentence
“[…] 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 […]”
“Small doses of opioids are also useful in obtunding airway reflexes […]”
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