Usually means: Dulling or blunting of awareness.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. obtusion: Merriam-Webster
  2. obtusion: Wordnik
  3. obtusion: Wiktionary
  4. Obtusion, obtusion: Dictionary.com
  5. Obtusion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. obtusion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Obtusion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. obtusion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. obtusion: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Obtusion: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. obtusion: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (obtusion)

▸ noun:  (medicine) The blunting, dulling, or weakening of normal sensation.

Similar:
obtundation, bone loss, hypoesthesia, bloodstroke, abirritation, acmesthesia, dysthesia, baresthesia, malacia, paralgesia, more...

Opposite:
sensitivity, awareness, alertness, acuity

Types:
bluntness, obtuseness, obtusity, more...

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Similar:
obtundation, bone loss, hypoesthesia, bloodstroke, abirritation, acmesthesia, dysthesia, baresthesia, malacia, paralgesia, more...

Opposite:
sensitivity, awareness, alertness, acuity

Types:
bluntness, obtuseness, obtusity, more...



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