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obtund

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
obtund /əbˈtənd, əbˈtənd /
▸ verb [with object] dated, mainly Medicine dull the sensitivity of; blunt; deaden:
the next step is to obtund the tissues to be operated on.
– ORIGIN late Middle English : from Latin obtundere, from ob- ‘against’ + tundere ‘to beat’.