Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obturative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ob-tu-ra-tive
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to or causing obturation

Example Sentences

"Of the patients who were not qualified for the study, 10 had aortic stenosis, 4 suffered from alcoholism, 6 neoplastic disease, 11 chronic obturative pulmonary disease with pulmonary hypertension, 9 diabetes mellitus, and 10 active myocarditis according to the Dallas classification."

Questions

What does obturative mean?: Relating to or causing obturation

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