different between obtund vs obtend

English

Etymology

Latin obtundere (“to dull", "deaden", "deafen”), from ob- (see ob-) + tundere. More at obtuse.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?t?nd/, /?b?t?nd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?t?nd/, /?b?t?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Verb

obtund (third-person singular simple present obtunds, present participle obtunding, simple past and past participle obtunded)

1. (transitive, chiefly medicine) To reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull.
   • 1900, Martha M. Allen, Alcohol, a Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, p. 319:

     […] the use of alcoholic decoctions […] which are given as medicines to allay pain, obtund nerve sensibility, to cure the little sufferer of his vital manifestations […]

   • 2008, Jerrold H. Levy, Kenichi A. Tanaka & Eric J. Okun, "Cardial Surgical Pharmacology", in Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, ?ISBN, p. 103:

     Small doses of opioids are also useful in obtunding airway reflexes […]

Synonyms

• (dull or mitigate): blunt, deaden

Derived terms

• obtundity

Related terms

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin obtendere, obtentum (“to stretch or place before or against”), from ob (see ob-) + tendere (“to stretch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?t?nd/, /?b?t?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Verb

obtend (third-person singular simple present obtends, present participle obtending, simple past and past participle obtended)

1. (obsolete) To oppose; to hold out in opposition.
2. (obsolete) To offer as the reason for something; to pretend.

References

Anagrams

• T-boned