The word is in the Wiktionary

8 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• obturator n. (Surgery) An object used to obstruct a hole, such as a fissure of the palate.
• obturator n. (Anatomy) The membrane vessels, etc. that close the obturator foramen, or thyroid foramen, a large opening…
• obturator n. (Engineering) A valve closure member (Disk, gate, plug, etc.).
• obturator n. (Ordnance) Any device for preventing the escape of gas through the breech mechanism of a breech-loading…
• obturator n. (Photography) A camera shutter.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Romanian
  • obturator n. (Photography) shutter.

— English words, defined in German —

• obturator S. Medizin: Obturator.
• obturator S. Technik: Abdichtung.

45 English words from 6 English definitions

Anatomy Any breech breech-loading camera close closure device Disk Engineering escape etc fissure for foramen gas gate hole large loading mechanism member membrane object obstruct obturator of␣a opening Ordnance palate Photography plug preventing shutter such such␣as Surgery that the through thyroid used used␣to valve vessels

1 English word from 2 foreign definitions

Obturator

3 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Abdichtung Medizin Technik

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

obturators obturatorius

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

transobturator

16 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ATO -ator BTU rat Rat RAT 'rat rato Rato RATO tor Tor TOR tur Tur URA

11 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ota OTA rot ROT rota Rota rut tar Tar TAR TARU

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

obturators

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

obdurator

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