obtund


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obtund /əbˈtʌnd/
verb chiefly Medicine dull the sensitivity of; deaden.
– origin ME: from L. obtundere, from ob- ‘against’ + tundere ‘to beat’.
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