OBTURATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does obturator mean? 

• OBTURATOR (noun)
  The noun OBTURATOR has 1 sense:

1. a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate)

  Familiarity information: OBTURATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OBTURATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("obturator" is a kind of...):

prosthesis; prosthetic device (corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body)

Derivation:

obturate (block passage through)

 Context examples 

A pelvic lymph node located along the obturator artery.

(Obturator Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)

An opening in the hip bone formed by the public bone and the ischium and closed by the obturator membrane.

(Obturator Foramen, NCI Thesaurus)

A nerve that arises from the second, third, and fourth lumbar nerves and enters the thigh through the obturator canal.

(Obturator Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the anterior or posterior trunk of the internal iliac artery that supplies the ilium and pubic bones as well as the obturator and adductor muscles.

(Obturator Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A vein that drains the hip joint, obturator, and adductor muscles of the thigh into the internal iliac vein.

(Obturator Vein, NCI Thesaurus)