单词 | obtunding |
释义 | obtundingadj. Chiefly Medicine. Blunting; deadening; stultifying.In quot. 1645: spec. deafening. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [adjective] > dulling narcotic1526 narcotical1587 dulling1592 obtunding1645 narcotizing1846 obtundent1891 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective] > deafening deafeninga1616 deafinga1625 obtunding1645 stunning1667 ear-splitting1761 splitting1821 head-splitting1824 shattering1842 ear-sore1859 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 16 John a Nokes, and John a Stiles;..have fill'd all our Law-books with the obtunding story of thir suits and trials. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 85 The Heart-burn..is rather to be corrected with obtunding and alterative Medicines. 1895 Scotsman 11/6 Obtunding or anaesthetic properties. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 619 Both admitted the alternately stimulating and obtunding influence of heterosexual magnetism. 1980 Jrnl. Urol. 124 429 The 2 precipitating causes for the rupture [of the bladder] appeared to be the diuretic and obtunding effect of alcohol combined with the bladder neck constriction caused by the alpha-sympathomimetic drug, methamphetamine. 2000 Brit. Jrnl. Anaesthesia 85 757 ANT [= alcohol non-tolerant] rats were significantly..more sensitive to the obtunding effects of both halothane and desflurane. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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