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obstruent

[ob-stroo-uhnt]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Medicine/Medical.��(of a substance) producing an obstruction.
Phonetics.��(of a speech sound) characterized by stoppage or obstruction of the flow of air from the lungs.

noun

Medicine/Medical.��a medicine that closes the natural passages of the body.
Phonetics.��an obstruent speech sound; a stop, fricative, or affricate.

obstruent

/ ˈɒ��ٰ�ʊə�Գ� /

adjective

causing obstruction, esp of the intestinal tract

noun

anything that causes obstruction

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Other Word Forms

unobstruent adjective
unobstruently adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of obstruent¹

1660–70; < Latin obstruent- (stem of �ǲ��ٰ��ŧ�Բ�, present participle of obstruere ); obstruct, -ent

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Word History and Origins

Origin of obstruent¹

C17: from Latin obstruere to _obstruct

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Obstruent—reliable—particularization—fabulosity—different to—averse to—did one ever come across such a mixture of antique pedantry and modern vulgarism!

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obstructive obtain

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