Usually means: Reducing alertness and responsiveness significantly.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word obtunding:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. obtunding: Merriam-Webster
  2. obtunding: Collins English Dictionary
  3. obtunding: Vocabulary.com
  4. obtunding: Wiktionary
  5. Obtunding, obtunding: Dictionary.com
  6. Obtunding: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. Obtunding: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. obtunding: FreeDictionary.org
  9. obtunding: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obtunding: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obtunding: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. obtunding: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. obtunding: Medical dictionary

(Note: See obtund as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (obtund)

verb:  (transitive, chiefly medicine) To reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull.
▸ Also see obtund


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