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Obturation

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ob·tu·rate  (bt-rt, -ty-)
tr.v. ob·tu·rat·ed, ob·tu·rat·ing, ob·tu·rates
To close or obstruct.

[Latin obtrre, obtrt-; see teu- in Indo-European roots.]

obtu·ration n.


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