About The Word Obturator
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Obturator
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What's The Definition Of Obturator?
[n] a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate (usually in cases of cleft palate))
Synonyms | Synonyms for Obturator: Related Terms | Find terms related to Obturator: See Also | prosthesis | prosthetic device Obturator In Webster's Dictionary \Ob"tu*ra`tor\, n.
1. (Ordnance) Any device for preventing the escape of gas
through the breech mechanism of a breech-loading gun; a
gas check.
2. (Photog.) A camera shutter.
\Ob"tu*ra`tor\, n. [NL., fr. L. obturare to stop up: cf.F. obturateur.] 1. That which closes or stops an opening. 2. (Surg.) An apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a fissure of the palate. \Ob"tu*ra`tor\, a. (Anat.) 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. |
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