| obturator |
a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate)
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| obturator vein |
a vein formed by the union of tributaries that drain the hip joints and thigh muscles; empties into the internal iliac vein
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| obturator sign |
1. hypogastric or adductor pain elicited by passive internal rotation of the flexed thigh, due to contact between an inflammatory process and the internal obturator muscle; a sign of appendicitis. 2. Hefke-Turner s.
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| obturator foramen |
A space at the front of the pelvis enclosed by the pubis and ischium.
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| obturator |
A growth in the style or its canal that brings the pollen tubes and conducting tissue near to the micropyle.
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