Category:Obstruent

Ob"stru*ent, a. Etym: [l. obstruens, p.pr. of obstruere. See Obstruct.]

Defn: causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent Medicine. Johnson.

Obstruent Ob"stru*ent, n.

Defn: anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which Obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which acts as An obstruent.