OBTURATORS

Noun

obturators

plural of obturator

Source: Wiktionary

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.)

Definition: An apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a fissure of the palate.

Ob"tu*ra`tor, a. (Anat.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition