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Webster 1913 Edition


Deobstruent

De-ob′stru-ent

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Adj.
(Med.)
Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient.
Noun.
(Med.)
A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient.

Webster 1828 Edition


Deobstruent

DEOBSTRUENT

,
Adj.
Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; resolving viscidities; aperient.

DEOBSTRUENT

,
Noun.
Any medicine which removes obstructions and opens the natural passages of the fluids of the body, as the pores and lacteal vessels; an aperient Calomel is a powerful deobstruent.

Definition 2024


deobstruent

deobstruent

English

Adjective

deobstruent (comparative more deobstruent, superlative most deobstruent)

  1. (medicine) Removing obstructions; having the power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient.

Noun

deobstruent (plural deobstruents)

  1. Any medicine that removes obstructions; an aperient.