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Obturator

noun
1.
A prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate).



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"Obturator" Quotes from Famous Books



... of parturition, or induce some local paralysis by pressure upon the nerves which govern the muscles of the hind legs. This is a condition not infrequently observed when the callus has been formed on the floor of the pelvis near the obturator foramen, pressing upon the course or involving the ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture


Words linked to "Obturator" :   obturator vein, prosthesis, obturate, prosthetic device


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