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obtund verb [ əbˈtʌnd ]

• dull the sensitivity of; blunt; deaden.
• "the next step is to obtund the tissues to be operated on"
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin obtundere, from ob- ‘against’ + tundere ‘to beat’.

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