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Webster 1913 Edition
Obturator
Ob′tu-raˊtor
,Noun.
[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-raˊtor
,Adj.
(Anat.)
Serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen;
as, the
. obturator
nerveObturator foramen
(Anat.)
, an opening situated between the public and ischial parts of the innominate bone and closed by the obturator membrane; the thyroid foramen.
Webster 1828 Edition
Obturator
OB'TURATOR
,Noun.