Definition of "obtunded" [obtunded]

• Simple past tense and past participle of obtund. (verb)
• Describing someone who is far from alert or oriented to time and space, and exhibits other signs being confused, a state just short of frank delirium. (adjective)

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• "On admission, the child was found to be obtunded with a rectal temperature of 95. 8° F, and irregular pulse fluctuating from 42-84 beats per minute, respirations of 16 per minute, and a blood pressure of 72/40."
• "She was found in an obtunded state in the bathtub by her husband who determined that she ingested up to 30 mg. of colchicine and about one-fifth of bourbon."
• "This is vitally important to them because gradually their veins collapse, infect, become obtunded and useless."