单词 | obtund |
释义 | obtundv. Chiefly Medicine. transitive. To blunt, deaden, dull the sensation of; to deprive of sharpness or vigour.In quot. 1694: spec. to deafen. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > dull (the senses) [verb (transitive)] aggregea1382 obtunda1400 dull1552 to dull the edge of1605 blura1653 dullify1657 hebescate1657 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > deprive of sharpness or vigour obtunda1400 disedgea1616 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > pass (time) listlessly or lethargically [verb (transitive)] > make listless or lethargic > make dull or deprive of animation obtunda1400 bedulla1617 hebescate1657 deaden1684 wash1846 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > make a loud sound or noise [verb (transitive)] > deafen or stun adinc1275 stonyc1330 astone1340 astony1340 deavea1400 fordeave?1553 blasta1616 stun1621 obtund1664 dunt1672 dun1674 bruit1707 astound1727 steven1862 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 83 Colde þingis whiche..obtunden or casten bach þe scharpnes of þe same vlcus. 1591 Ripley's Compound of Alchymy Pref. sig. B3 Whose luminous beames obtundeth our speculation. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 164 Nothing..doth so greatly obtunde and weaken the natiue heate..as a fastidious fulnesse of the stomacke. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 347 This passage, if there had been any force in the former, does quite obtund it. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. Epist. Lymosin 250 But now I'll not too many Verbs effund, Nor with our Ills your Auricles obtund. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 36 Crayfish, Crabs and Lobsters..obtund the acidity of Vinegar it self. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 78. ⁋4 No man can at pleasure obtund or invigorate his senses. a1836 D. McNicoll Inq. Stage in Wks. (1837) 120 The moral sensibility of the character is..obtunded. 1872 J. S. Cohen Dis. Throat 271 The sense of smell is obtunded. 1908 J. D. Patterson in C. N. Johnson Text-bk. Operative Dentistry xxviii. 460 The next step is to obtund the tissues to be operated on. 1970 Science 4 Dec. 1115/1 Any efficacy of either of these two drug types in obtunding the abstinence syndrome of the other would probably be related to their nonspecific central nervous system depressant effects. 1986 Federation Proc. (Federation Amer. Soc. Exper. Biol.) 45 2151 Pertussis toxin treatment prevents or obtunds the increased influx of Ca2+. 1999 Canad. Jrnl. Anaesthesia 46 368 Fentanyl..helped to obtund the hypertensive response to intubation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1400 |
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