Obtusion


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Ob`tu´sion


n.1.The act or process of making obtuse or blunt.
2.The state of being dulled or blunted; as, the obtusion of the senses.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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El reposo general inmoderado no solo perjudica a la vida organica, paralizando la accion de las partes, estancando y viciando los humores, turbando la digestion, y acortando la existencia; sino que tambien produce el fastidio, la hipocondria, la obtusion de las facultades intelectuales y la mania.
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