obstruent

adjective

1. Medicine/Medical. (of a substance) producing an obstruction.
2. Phonetics. (of a speech sound) characterized by stoppage or obstruction of the flow of air from the lungs.Compare sonorant.

noun

3. Medicine/Medical. a medicine that closes the natural passages of the body.
4. Phonetics. an obstruent speech sound; a stop, fricative, or affricate.Compare sonorant(def 2).

adjective

1. causing obstruction, esp of the intestinal tract

noun

2. anything that causes obstruction

adj.

1. Obstructing or closing the natural passages of the body.

n.

1. An obstruent medicine or agent.