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Definition of Obtunds
1. obtund [v] - See also: obtund
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obtunds
Literary usage of Obtunds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Gynecology by Howard Atwood Kelly (1912)
"... which normally obtunds and renders transitory the natural pain of the first
cohabitation, disappears, and an attitude of anxious expectancy takes its ..."
2. American Journal of Dental Science by American Society of Dental Surgeons (1900)
"This solution either owing to an increased capillarity over the fluid in the
dentinal tubuli or some other cause, obtunds thin layers of the dentine so that ..."
3. Cincinnati Medical and Dental Journal (1887)
"The cocaine obtunds the momentary pain caused by the application of the acid.
Prof. Taft said it had been his privilege to be three days with Dr. Herbst. ..."
4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1905)
"It obtunds the senses of hunger and thirst, tranquilizes the nervous system and
undoubtedly diminishes the excretion of sugar. This, of course, may be due ..."
5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1894)
"... seldom give this emotion a single thought until late in life when libido and
vita sexualis are on the wane. Married life obtunds religious fervor. ..."
6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1894)
"... seldom give this emotion a single thought until late in life when libido and
vita sexualis are on the wane. Married life obtunds religious fervor. ..."
7. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1844)
"... or even let it be subject to great bodily fatigue : and now an oppressive
languor creeps upon the mind, obtunds the feelings, impedes the power of ..."
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