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Webster 1913 Edition

Deobstruent

De-ob′stru-ent

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Adj.
(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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Noun.
(Med.)
A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient.

Webster 1828 Edition

Deobstruent

DEOBSTRUENT

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Adj.
Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; resolving viscidities; aperient.

DEOBSTRUENT

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Noun.
Any medicine which removes obstructions and opens the natural passages of the fluids of the body, as the pores and lacteal vessels; an aperient Calomel is a powerful deobstruent.

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