Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Obstruent

Obstruent , adjective

[Latin obstruens, present participle of obstruere. See Obstruct.]

Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine. — Johnson

Obstruent , noun

Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which acts as an obstruent.