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obtund         
STATE CHARACTERISED BY A REDUCED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND SLOWED RESPONSES TO STIMULATION
Obtund; Obtunded
[?b't?nd]
¦ verb chiefly Medicine dull the sensitivity of; deaden.
Origin
ME: from L. obtundere, from ob- 'against' + tundere 'to beat'.
Obtundation         
STATE CHARACTERISED BY A REDUCED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND SLOWED RESPONSES TO STIMULATION
Obtund; Obtunded
Obtundation refers to less than full alertness (altered level of consciousness), typically as a result of a medical condition or trauma.
Obtund         
STATE CHARACTERISED BY A REDUCED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND SLOWED RESPONSES TO STIMULATION
Obtund; Obtunded
·vt To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to Dull; to Blunt; to Deaden; to Quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall.