1. making dull, blunt, or less sharp; reducing the intensity or severity of something
Usage: medical; formal

Examples

• The medication is obtunding the patient’s pain response.
• The anesthetic is obtunding sensation in the affected area.
• The doctor prescribed a drug capable of obtunding the severe symptoms.
• The treatment focuses on obtunding the inflammatory response.
• The sedative is obtunding the patient’s awareness during the procedure.
• The therapy aims at obtunding the overactive nerve signals.