Obstruent

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Obstruent \Ob"stru*ent\, a. [L. obstruens, p. pr. of obstruere.
     See {Obstruct}.]
     Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent
     medicine. --Johnson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Obstruent \Ob"stru*ent\, n.
     Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which
     obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which
     acts as an obstruent.
     [1913 Webster]