Definition of Obstroent
Ob"stru*ent (?), a. [L.
obstruens, p. pr. of obstruere. See Obstruct.]
Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an
obstruent medicine. Johnson.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (phonetics) a consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; the generic term of plosive, fricative and affricate
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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