verb
- to close or block up (an opening, passage, or cavity)
Usage: medical; technical
Examples
- The surgeon used a special material to obturate the root canal.
- Debris can obturate the drainage system during heavy storms.
- The dentist needed to obturate the tooth’s pulp chamber.
- A blood clot may obturate the artery and cause complications.
- The procedure aims to obturate any gaps in the filling.