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English word
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun has 1 sense
- obturator(n = noun.artifact) - a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate);
Derived form verb obturate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
, n. Array
- That which closes or stops an opening. [1913 Webster]
- An apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a fissure of the palate. [1913 Webster]
- Any device for preventing the escape of gas through the breech mechanism of a breech-loading gun; a gas check. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A camera shutter. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
, a.
Serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator nerve . [1913 Webster]