英语词汇“obtund”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To obtund is to dull or lessen the pain of something. If your senses have been obtunded, you are probably pretty out of it.

The verb obtund is rare today, used mainly in medical terminology, and usually in the form of the adjective obtunded. It's been around since about 1400, meaning "to make dull" or "to make less sensitive," and rooted in the Latin obtundere, "to blunt or weaken," or literally "to beat against." It's a close relative of obtuse, which means "dull or blunted," but usually describes a person who is extremely insensitive to others' feelings.

WORD FAMILY

obtund: obtunded, obtunding, obtunds

USAGE EXAMPLES

In men of genius the moral sense is sometimes obtunded, if not altogether absent.

Weir, James, Religion and Lust—or, The Psychica...(2010)

Madeira did not seem to be unconscious, but his senses were obtunded, and it was some minutes before he could sit up.

Young, Rose E. (Rose Emmet), Sally of Missouri(2010)

Daily contact with vice obtunds their first abhorrence of it.

Kellogg, John Harvey, Plain Facts for Old and Young(2010)

v reduce the edge or violence of

obtunde d reflexes

Hyper

blunt, deaden

make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

单词	obtund
释义	obtund (once / 311035 pages) v To obtund is to dull or lessen the pain of something. If your senses have been obtunded, you are probably pretty out of it. The verb obtund is rare today, used mainly in medical terminology, and usually in the form of the adjective obtunded. It's been around since about 1400, meaning "to make dull" or "to make less sensitive," and rooted in the Latin obtundere, "to blunt or weaken," or literally "to beat against." It's a close relative of obtuse, which means "dull or blunted," but usually describes a person who is extremely insensitive to others' feelings. WORD FAMILY obtund: obtunded, obtunding, obtunds USAGE EXAMPLES In men of genius the moral sense is sometimes obtunded, if not altogether absent. Weir, James, Religion and Lust—or, The Psychica...(2010) Madeira did not seem to be unconscious, but his senses were obtunded, and it was some minutes before he could sit up. Young, Rose E. (Rose Emmet), Sally of Missouri(2010) Daily contact with vice obtunds their first abhorrence of it. Kellogg, John Harvey, Plain Facts for Old and Young(2010) v reduce the edge or violence of obtunde d reflexes Hyper blunt, deaden make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
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