obturator

Examples

• All

• Five of these six electrodes activated the obturator alone, while the sixth included a contribution from the sciatic.

  Academic text (2001)

• All cases of spillover involved activation of the adductor longus via the obturator nerve.

  Academic text (2001)

• Neuralgic-type thigh pain, registered in 2 patients in the cutaneous distribution of the obturator nerve, gradually diminished in a few weeks.

  Academic text (1992)

• The final case involved simultaneous spillover to both the obturator nerve (gracilis) and the quadratus lumborum.

  Academic text (2001)

• Saphenous/adductor canal 1,074 (7.7), obturator, other 365 (2.6), blocks involving sciatic 2,181 (15.7) nerve and branches.

  Academic text (2018)

• The surgeon fitted the patient with an obturator to help close the opening in his hard palate after the surgery.

• After her cleft palate surgery, the doctor provided her with an obturator to assist with speech and swallowing.

• The orthodontist explained how an obturator would improve the patient's ability to eat and speak properly.

Antonyms

O

opener

61 1.3

A tool used to take the cap or lid off things like bottles

Compounds

O

obturator vein

• Specialized

7.9

A blood vessel that carries blood from the hip and thigh to a large vein inside the pelvis

How Effective

operation

295 3.7

obturator

• Specialized

1 9.9

to plug

55 1.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology