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OBTURATE

\ɒbt͡ʃəɹˈe͡ɪt], \ɒbt‍ʃəɹˈe‍ɪt], \ɒ_b_tʃ_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_t]\

Definitions of OBTURATE

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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[Latin] Closed in; as O. foramen (Foramen obturatum= thyroid foramen).

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

Stop up, close, seal, (orifice in body, breech of gun, &c.). Hence or cogn. obturation, obturator (2), nn. [Latin]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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