Rapid Responses to:

FILLERS:
Richard Bayliss
More on pre-mortal provision
BMJ 2001; 323: 731 [Full text]
*Rapid Responses: Submit a response to this article

Rapid Responses published:

[Read Rapid Response] Obtunded = ?
Len Finegold   (30 September 2001)
[Read Rapid Response] Re: Obtunded = ? Chambers Definition
Hazel Thornton   (2 October 2001)
[Read Rapid Response] Re: Obtunded = ?
David Syme   (2 October 2001)

Obtunded = ? 30 September 2001
Next Rapid Response Top
Len Finegold,
prof. (not in UK terms !)
Drexel Univ. Phila. USA

Send response to journal:
Re: Obtunded = ?

Dear RB,

Glad you're still with us.

Please, What does obtunded mean?

I can't find it, OED says "There are no results"

http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/findword?query_type=word&queryword=obtunded

Thanks Len F

Re: Obtunded = ? Chambers Definition 2 October 2001
Previous Rapid Response Next Rapid Response Top
Hazel Thornton,
Honorary Visiting Fellow, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Leicester
"Saionara", 31 Regent Street, Rowhedge, Colchester CO5 7EA

Send response to journal:
Re: Re: Obtunded = ? Chambers Definition

Chambers Dictionary: obtund: (rare)vt. to blunt or dull, to deaden - adj. obtundent: dulling - n. an application to deaden irritation. [L.obtundere - to strike upon, from ob against, and tundere to thump.)

Re: Obtunded = ? 2 October 2001
Previous Rapid Response Top
David Syme,
GP
Killin

Send response to journal:
Re: Re: Obtunded = ?

Try the low-tech approach. Chambers (often superior to the OED!) gives a nice defintion and the derivation from Latin.