vt, -at*ed  -at*ing  :  to cause to disappear (as a bodily part or a scar) or collapse (as a duct conveying body fluid) <a blood vessel obliterated by inflammation>  <possible to the gallbladder by electrosurgical methods>  oblit*er*a*tion n 
 
   
 
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