| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient.[Websters]
2. Being laxative, purgative or cathartic. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being chalybeate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb deobstruently.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (deobstruently) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective deobstruent.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEOBSTRUENT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEOBSTRUENT
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; resolving viscidities; aperient.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Botanical | A substance to clear stoppage to passages or pores in the body. Cardiospermum, Eclipta, Indigofera, Melia, Morinda, Phyllanthus. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
