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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•stru•ent (ob′stro̅o̅ ənt),USA pronunciation adj. - Medicine(of a substance) producing an obstruction.
- Phonetics(of a speech sound) characterized by stoppage or obstruction of the flow of air from the lungs. Cf. sonorant.
n. - Medicinea medicine that closes the natural passages of the body.
- Phoneticsan obstruent speech sound;
a stop, fricative, or affricate. Cf. sonorant (def. 2).
- Latin obstruent- (stem of obstruēns, present participle of obstruere); see obstruct, -ent
- 1660–70
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