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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

obstruens

, p. pr. of

obstruere

. See

Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering;

as, an

obstruent

medicine

Johnson.

Noun.

Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which obstructs natural passages in the body;

as, a medicine which acts as an

obstruent

Adj.

[L. obstruens.] Blocking up; hindering.

Noun.

Any thing that obstructs the natural passages in the body.