Webster's 1828 Dictionary
OBTURATOR
n.In anatomy, the obturators are muscles which rise from the outer and inner side of the pelvis around foramen thyroideum, and are rotators of the thigh.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
OBTURATOR
Ob "tu *ra `tor, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. L. obturare to stop up: cf. F.obturateur. ]
1. That which closes or stops an opening.
2. (Surg.)
Defn: An apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a fissure of the palate.
OBTURATOR
OBTURATOR Ob "tu *ra `tor, a. (Anat. )
Defn: Serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator nerve. Obturator foramen (Anat. ), an opening situated between the public and ischial parts of the innominate bone and closed by the obturator membrane; the thyroid foramen.
New American Oxford Dictionary
obturator
ob tu ra tor |ˈäbt (y )əˌrātər ˈɑbtjəreɪdər | ▶noun Anatomy either of two muscles covering the outer front part of the pelvis on each side and involved in movements of the thigh and hip. • [ as modifier ] relating to this muscle or to the obturator foramen. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from medieval Latin, literally ‘obstructor, ’ from obturare ‘stop up. ’
obturator foramen
ob tu ra tor fo ra men ▶noun Anatomy a large opening in the hipbone between the pubis and the ischium.
Oxford Dictionary
obturator
obturator |ˈɒbtjʊəreɪtə | ▶noun Anatomy either of two muscles covering the outer front part of the pelvis on each side and involved in movements of the thigh and hip. • [ as modifier ] relating to the obturator or to the obturator foramen. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from medieval Latin, literally ‘obstructor ’, from obturare ‘stop up ’.
obturator foramen
ob |tur ¦ator for |amen |fəˈreɪmɛn | ▶noun Anatomy a large opening in the hip bone between the pubis and the ischium.
Duden Dictionary
Obturator
Ob tu ra tor Substantiv, maskulin Medizin , der |Obtur a tor |der Obturator; Genitiv: des Obturators, Plural: die Obturatoren lateinisch-neulateinisch Apparat zum Verschluss von Körperöffnungen, besonders Verschlussplatte für Gaumenspalten
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