Bible Dictionaries
Obstruent

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine.

(2):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Obstruent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/obstruent.html. 1828.