What does obturation mean?
Obturation means The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening..
Deaf by an outward obturation.
None of Mr. Knott's gestures could be called characteristic, unless perhaps that which consisted in the simultaneous obturation of the facial cavities, the thumbs in the mouth, the forefingers in the ears, the little fingers in the nostrils, the third fingers in the eyes and the second fingers, free in a crisis to promote intellection, laid along the temples.
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Obturation means The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening..
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Deaf by an outward obturation.
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