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Definition: Obturator |
ObturatorNoun1. A prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate (usually in cases of cleft palate)). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Obturator" is a common misspelling or typo for: abjuratory, actuator, obdurate. |
Crosswords: Obturator |
| English words defined with "obturator": Obturator foramen, obturator vein ♦ Thyroid foramen. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "obturator": Hernia, Obturator ♦ Obturator Nerve. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Obturator" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (bung, obturator, shutter), Swedish (obturator). |
Expressions using "obturator": obturator foramen ♦ Obturator Nerve ♦ obturator vein. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
obturator hernia | 7 |
obturator | 7 |
obturator nerve | 6 |
obturator sign | 3 |
internus obturator | 2 |
coloniics obturator speculum | 2 |
obturator speculum | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "obturator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tapë (Bibb, bung, bunghole, Cork, Corky, float, gag, pickled, plug, rabbit, spigot, stopper, stopple, tap, wad), sigyruese. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | запушалка (choke, peg, plug, spile, stopper, tampion, tap, wad). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | obturator. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | obturatorius (obturator muscle, obturator nerve), verstoppend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sulkija, peittäjä, kollimaattori (collimator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | obturateur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Obturator, Verschluss (breech, breechlock, catch, clash, clasp, closure, cloture, fastener, lid, lock, lockage, occlusion, seal, shutter, stopper, top). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αποφράκτης, θυρίδα (counter, locker, valve, wicket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אטם (gasket, seal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zár (bolt, fastening, latch, lock, occlusion, snap, sneck, to fasten), torlaszoló, torlasz (bar, barricade, block, lock), torló, szájpad-elzáró lemez, rekesz (aperture, bay, bin, boot, bunker, compartment, crate, diaphragm, partition, subdivision, tray), obturátor, elzáró készülék (interlocking device), dugasz (bung, jack, stopper, tampion, tap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | otturatore (breechblock, cutoff, shutter, valve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sthoppeyder seose. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | obturatoray obturação (filling, inlay, stopping). (various references) obturator (bung, shutter). (various references) обтюратор, затычка (bung, gag, pad, peg, plug, stopgap, stopper, stopple, tampion). (various references) zaptivač (gasket), stezač (squeezer, tourniquet). (various references) obturador (breech, breechblock, choke, choker, cloture, lock, shutter, top). (various references) obturator, propp (Bibb, bung, cutout, fuse, plug, spigot, stopper, stopple), kork (cork, stopper). (various references) ущільнювальний пристрій, чіп (microchip, spill, stopper), обтюратор, затвор (breech-block, shuttle), затичка (bung, spigot, stopgap), пробка (hold up, logjam, plug, stopper, stopping, stopple, tap). (various references) vật để lắp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "obturator": obturators. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-o-o-r-r-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: outroar, rotator. | |
-3 letters: arbour, orator, rubato, tabour, turbot. | |
-4 letters: abort, about, arbor, battu, boart, burro, ottar, robot, rotor, taboo, tabor, tarot, torot, trout, turbo, tutor. | |
-5 letters: abut, auto, batt, boar, boat, boor, boot, bora, bort, bota, bott, bout, brat, broo, brut, bura, burr, butt, orra, otto, rato, roar, root, rota, roto, rout, tabu, taro. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-o-o-r-r-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: obturators. | |
+4 letters: subcontractor. | |
+5 letters: subcontractors, turbogenerator. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 62 74 75 72 61 74 6F 72 |
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