Category: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 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.