Obstruent

Definition:

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

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