OBTURATOR


Meaning of OBTURATOR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈäb-tyə-ˌrā-tər, -tə- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin obturare

Date: circa 1741

: one (as a prosthetic device) that closes or blocks up an opening (as a fissure in the palate)

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