obtund

verb /əbˈtʌnd/

1. To reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull.

   transitive

   […] the use of alcoholic decoctions[…] which are given as medicines to allay pain, obtund nerve sensibility, to cure the little sufferer of his vital manifestations […]

Where it comes from

Latin obtundere (“to dull", "deaden", "deafen”), from ob- (see ob-) + tundere. More at obtuse.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry obtund (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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