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| ob·stru·ent [ óbstroo ənt ] |
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1. medicine obstructing body passage: obstructing or closing a passage in the body such as the intestinal tract
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2. phonetics produced by cutoff of air: describes a speech sound produced by a stoppage of air from the lungs
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noun (plural ob·stru·ents) |
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1. medicine obstruction: something that obstructs or closes a passage in the body
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2. phonetics sound produced by cutoff of air: a speech sound produced by a stoppage of air from the lungs
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| [Mid-17th century. < Latin obstruent-, present participle of obstruere (see obstruct)] |
