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A prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate (usually in cases of cleft palate))
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obturator
Word definitions for obturator in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obturator \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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate)
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Obturator may refer to:
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context surgery English) An object used to obstruct a hole, such as a fissure of the palate. 2 (context engineering English) Valve closure member (disk, gate, plug, etc.). 3 (cx ordnance English) Any device for preventing the escape of gas through ...
Usage examples of obturator.
In some instances among the lower classes these obturators are simple pieces of wood, so fashioned as to fit into the palatine cleft, and not infrequently the obturator has been swallowed, causing obstruction of the air-passages or occluding the esophagus.
There is one case recorded, according to Debierre, in which the uterus was one of the constituents of an obturator hernia.
The Indians advised me approximately of the depth to which the shaft had penetrated and the direction it took, and judging from the situation of the cicatrix and all the circumstances it was apparent that the arrow-head had passed through the glutei muscles and the obturator foremen and entered the cavity of the bladder, where it remained and formed the nucleus of a stone.