obtund

Jun. 2nd, 2006 07:08 am
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obtund - v., to make less intense, to dull, blunt.


Especially used of sensation or pain, but I suspect that's more that those are the cliche uses rather than a true restriction in meaning. From Latin obtundere, from ob-, against + tundere, to beat.

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