Meaning of obtundity | Babel Free

Definitions

The state or characteristic of having dulled senses or limited awareness.

often, rare, uncountable, usually

Examples

“[T]here are beings [who] . . . revel, with a lively zest, among all the things that are most foul and loathsome. . . . Sensuality, force of temper, inertness, obtundity of perception, personal idolatry, and the destitution of the higher and better emotions of humanity, are the ingredients of a constitution of this order.”

“Clinically one sees gradually developing oedema, often a strikingly puffy face, increasing mental obtundity, the patient finally lapsing into confusion and stupor.”

“The patient goes through the following stages of recovery: unconsciousness (also called paralytic coma), stupor, obtundity, lethargy, confusion (with or without delirium), near lucidity with automatism, and finally full alertness.”

“Collins English Dictionary defines obtundity as the state of "having the senses numbed or less sharp."”

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