OBTURATION
Ob`tu*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. obturare to stop up: cf.F. obturation.]
Defn: The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening. "Deaf by an outward obturation." Bp. Hall.
OBTURATOR Ob"tu*ra`tor, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. obturare to stop up: cf.F. obturateur.]
1. That which closes or stops an opening.
2. (Surg.)
Defn: An apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a fissure of the palate.
OBTURATOR
Ob"tu*ra`tor, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator nerve. Obturator foramen (Anat.), an opening situated between the public and ischial parts of the innominate bone and closed by the obturator membrane; the thyroid foramen.
OBTUSANGULAR
Ob*tus"an`gu*lar, a.
Defn: See Obstuseangular.