Meaning & use
obtunded
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Having reduced alertness or mental sharpness, typically due to illness, injury, or sedation.
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The paramedics noted the patient was obtunded and slow to respond to questions.
Excessive sedation left him obtunded for most of the following day.
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A clinical term used mainly in medicine to describe a specific level of decreased consciousness, between full alertness and stupor.
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