OBTUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does obtund mean? 

• OBTUND (verb)
  The verb OBTUND has 1 sense:

1. reduce the edge or violence of

  Familiarity information: OBTUND used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OBTUND (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they obtund    ... he / she / it obtunds   
Past simple: obtunded   
Past participle: obtunded   
-ing form: obtunding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reduce the edge or violence of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

obtunded reflexes

Hypernyms (to "obtund" is one way to...):

blunt; deaden (make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something