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obturator

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9 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aboorrttuStarts with OEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate)

Word origin

From Latin obtūrō (“to stop, block up”).

Used in a sentence

  • Obturators, held down by compressed air, close the pipe giving direct access from the h.p. exhaust to the l.p. steam chest, and so prevent compound working; […].

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