Obtunded
Mentally dulled. Head trauma may obtund a person.
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- Obverse
The opposite, the opposite side, the counterpart. For example, mania is thought of as the obverse of depression just as heads is the obverse of tails on a coin.
- Occam's razor
“The assumptions introduced to explain a thing must not be multiplied beyond necessity.” The simplest explanation should be considered in the plausibility of a hypothesis.
- Occipital
1. Pertaining to the occiput, the back of head. 2. Located near the occipital bone as, for example, the occipital lobe of the brain.
- Occipital bone
The bone that forms the rear and rear bottom of the skull.
- Occipital hematoma
A hematoma (collection of blood) in the occipital region (at the back of the head). An occipital hematoma may be either subdural or epidural. In an occipital epidural hematoma, the bleeding occurs between the skull and the dura (the brain cover). The bleeding is from an injury to a vein or a branch of the […]