Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In medicine, removing obstructions.
- noun A medicine which removes obstructions and opens the natural passages of the fluids of the body; an aperient: as, calomel is a powerful deobstruent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient.
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- adjective medicine Removing
obstructions ; having the power to clear or open the naturalducts of thefluids andsecretions of the body;aperient . - noun Any
medicine that removes obstructions; anaperient .
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Examples
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They are attenuating and deobstruent, consequently of service in disorders arising from a languid circulation, a viscidity of the juices, a lax fibre, and obstructed viscera.
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The authors of the U.S. Disp., however, refer to it as a plant of feeble power, allowing it to be refrigerant, diuretic, deobstruent, and somewhat astringent.
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It is administered in the West Indies as a substitute for ipecacuanha, and the juice of the plant is considered by the native doctors of India as a valuable remedy in ophthalmia, either dropped in the eye or rubbed on the tarsus; it is also considered purgative and deobstruent.
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Dr.B. is of the opinion that it owes its value to three qualities combined: an acrid, an emetic, and a deobstruent property -- the latter acting on the glandular system.
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A tonic and astringent, supposed by some to possess deobstruent virtues.
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The root and leaves, before the flowers are produced, are acrid and astringent, and are serviceable in passive hemorrhages, diarrhoea, leucorrhoea, and gonorrhoea, and are highly recommended as a deobstruent in obstructions of the spleen, and in diseases arising from torpor of the liver,
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Dr. Tully also says it is a deobstruent or alterative, an acrid narcotic, an emetic, an epispastic, and an errhine; found very useful in gout, rheumatism, diseases of lungs, and some complaints of the bowels.
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This plant not only acts as a wholesome and nutritious vegetable, but also as a diuretic, aperient, and deobstruent.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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This plant not only acts as a wholesome and nutritious vegetable, but also as a diuretic, aperient, and deobstruent.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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Had taken various deobstruent and diuretic medicines to little purpose.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases William Withering 1770
jmjarmstrong commented on the word deobstruent
JM is considering applying a deobstruent of the mental kind.
March 24, 2011
qms commented on the word deobstruent
The rhythms of verse should be fluent
And rhymes come quick and congruent.
It's often suggested
A poet congested
Use sleep as a sure deobstruent.
February 7, 2017