deobstructive

comparative more deobstructive · superlative most deobstructive

1. Having the effect of deobstructing (clearing a passage, etc. of obstructions).

   1860, uncredited translator, The Epigrams of Martial, London: Henry G. Bohn, Epigram 47, p. 153, There coleworts might you see of noblest shoot; There might admire each lettuce, leek, and root; But, above all, the deobstructive beet;

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   In the weaker and finest bodies Manna may be sufficient, […] or my Deobstructive powder, which I have observed hath done singularly well.

   1672, Edmund Borlase, Latham Spaw in Lancashire with Some Remarkable Cases and Cures Effected by It, London: Robert Clavel, page 27

   […] to regulate the bowel, by diet and mechanical methods (including, if necessary, deobstructive surgery);

   1916 September, William Ewart, “Deseases of the Thorax and its Viscera”, in Progressive Medicine, volume 3, page 94

plural deobstructives

1. Something that has the effect of deobstructing.

   […] by setting up currents through the kidneys […] it [turpentine] has acted as a renal deobstructive.

   1885, Samuel M. Bemiss, “Malarial Fevers”, in William Pepper, editor, A System of Practical Medicine, Philadelphia: Lea Brothers, Volume 1, Chapter , p. 613