obtundent

ob·tund

(ŏb-tŭnd′)

tr.v. ob·tund·ed, ob·tund·ing, ob·tunds

To make less intense; dull or deaden.

[Middle English obtunden, from Latin obtundere : ob-, against; see ob- + tundere, to beat.]

ob·tund′ent adj.

ob·tun′di·ty n.

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These include the use of anti-inflammatory and antibacterial agents, antiseptics, steroids, obtundent dressings, and clot support agents.

They see patients who are on pain medications and are obtundent when they come in.

Despite aggressive therapy, on the eleventh day of hospitalization, the patient was obtundent and provided minimal response to noxious stimuli.