obtund

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English - Turkish
körletmek
gidermek
(Tıp) Keskinliğini gidermek, körletmek (ağrı v.s.)
English - English
To reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull

Small doses of opioids are also useful in obtunding airway reflexes.

{v} to blunt, dull, deaden, break, quell
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
reduce the edge or violence of; "obtunded reflexes"
To reduce the edge, to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell
{f} make blunt (a point, knife, etc.); dull (pain)
reduce the edge or violence of; "obtunded reflexes
obtunded
Simple past tense and past participle of obtund
obtunded
Describing someone who is far from alert or oriented to time and space, and exhibits other signs being confused, a state just short of frank delirium
obtunded
Describing someone who far from alert or oriented to time and space, and exhibits other signs being confused, a state just short of frank dementia
obtunded
Of or pertaining to something which is obtund
obtund
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