OBTUNDENT

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 5

adj. O2b-tu3nd'e"nt. From obtnndere, to strike against. Fr., obtondant. Ger., abstumpfend. Serving to deaden the sensibility of a part or to reduce irritability. [L, 50, 56, 94 (a, 14, 43).] [s. 124]