Look up: obstruent

1. Obstruent
   Ob'stru·ent adjective [ Latin obstruens , present participle of obstruere . See Obstruct .] Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine. Johnson.
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2. Obstruent
   Ob'stru·ent 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 .
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3. obstruent
   Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine. ... Origin: L. Obstruens, p.pr. Of obstruere. See Obstruct. ... Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; especially, that which obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which acts as an obstruent. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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4. obstruent
   noun a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth
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5. obstruent
   (ob´stroo-әnt) causing obstruction or blocking. an agent that so acts.
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6. Obstruent
   • (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. • (a.) Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine.
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7. Obstruent
   Obstruent is a medical term for something causing an obstruction, especially used to describe something obstructing the intestinal tract.
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8. obstruent
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ob′strū-ĕnt Definitions: 1. Rarely used term for obstructing or clogging. 2. Rarely used term for an agent that obstructs or prevents a normal discharge, especially a discharge from the bowels.
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9. Obstruent
   An `obstruent` is a consonant sound formed by obstructing airflow, causing increased air pressure in the vocal tract, such as k, d͡ʒ and f. In phonetics, articulation may be divided into two large classes: obstruents and sonorants. Obstruents are those articulations in which there is e...
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