Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dulling; blunting.
- noun A mucilaginous, oily, bland substance employed to protect parts from irritation: nearly the same as
demulcent . - noun In dentistry, a medicine used to blunt or deaden the nerves of a tooth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation, usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the same as
demulcent .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
substance whichsheathes a part, orblunts irritation , usually somebland ,oily , ormucilaginous matter; – nearly the same asdemulcent . - noun Something which
obtunds .
Etymologies
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From Latin obtundens, present participle of obtundere
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