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verb
- 1. block up; obstruct. technical
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The meaning of OBTURATION is obstruction, closure. How to use obturation in a sentence.
Obturate definition: to stop up; close.. See examples of OBTURATE used in a sentence.
To obturate is to block an opening. Your dentist may obturate the hole where she performed a root canal. If she doesn't, you'll be in some serious pain.
obturate. To stop up (an opening, esp the breech of a gun).... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Define obturate. obturate synonyms, obturate pronunciation, obturate translation, English dictionary definition of obturate. tr.v. ob·tu·rat·ed , ob·tu·rat·ing , ob·tu·rates To close or obstruct. ob′tu·ra′tion n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth...
Jun 25, 2023 · obturate (third-person singular simple present obturates, present participle obturating, simple past and past participle obturated) To block up or obstruct. To stop up (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas when firing.
Obturate definition: To close or obstruct.
ob•tu•rate (ob′ tə rāt′, -tyə-), v.t., -rat•ed, -rat•ing. to stop up; close. Military [ Ordn.]to close (a hole or cavity) so as to prevent a flow of gas through it, esp. the escape of explosive gas from a gun tube during firing. Latin obtūrātus, past participle of obtūrāre to block, stop up. 1550–60. ob′tu•ra′tion, n.
obturate. UK /əbˈtjʊəreɪt/ verb (with object) (technical) block up; obstruct they obturate the seams from within with papyrus the fracture was obturated by aponeurotic tissue and temporal muscle. derivatives. obturation. word origin. late 16th century (as obturation): from Latin obturat- ‘stopped up’, from the verb obturare. More.
Obturate definition, to stop up; close. See more.
