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Where does “obliterans” come from?

Obliterans comes from Latin oblitterare, meaning to blot out or erase, from littera, a letter or mark, with possible influence from obliviscor, meaning to forget, and ob-, a prefix meaning against.

obliterans (English): Producing obstruction due to inflammation and...

Definitions

  1. Producing obstruction due to inflammation and...

Ancestry of “obliterans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoblitterarepresent active infinitive of oblitterō;...
2LatinoblinoI daub over, besmear
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