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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- 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 .
Etymologies
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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.
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This plant not only acts as a wholesome and nutritious vegetable, but also as a diuretic, aperient, and deobstruent.
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Had taken various deobstruent and diuretic medicines to little purpose.
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