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  • English Word Obstetrician Definition One skilled in obstetrics; an accoucheur.
  • English Word Obstetricious Definition Serving to assist childbirth; obstetric; hence, facilitating any bringing forth or deliverance.
  • English Word Obstetrics Definition The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth.
  • English Word Obstetricy Definition Obstetrics.
  • English Word Obstinacy Definition A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not be shaken at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system; unyielding disposition; stubborness; pertinacity; persistency; contumacy.
  • English Word Obstinacy Definition The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or evil.
  • English Word Obstinate Definition Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.
  • English Word Obstinate Definition Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.
  • English Word Obstination Definition Obstinacy; stubbornness.
  • English Word Obstipation Definition The act of stopping up, as a passage.
  • English Word Obstipation Definition Extreme constipation.
  • English Word Obstreperous Definition Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous.
  • English Word Obstriction Definition The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged; that which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond.
  • English Word Obstringe Definition To constrain; to put under obligation.
  • English Word Obstruct Definition To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body.
  • English Word Obstruct Definition To be, or come, in the way of; to hinder from passing; to stop; to impede; to retard; as, the bar in the harbor obstructs the passage of ships; clouds obstruct the light of the sun; unwise rules obstruct legislation.
  • English Word Obstructed Definition of Obstruct
  • English Word Obstructer Definition One who obstructs or hinders.
  • English Word Obstructing Definition of Obstruct
  • English Word Obstruction Definition The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
  • English Word Obstruction Definition That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
  • English Word Obstruction Definition The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.
  • English Word Obstructionism Definition The act or the policy of obstructing progress.
  • English Word Obstructionist Definition One who hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in a legislative body.
  • English Word Obstructionist Definition Of or pertaining to obstructionists.
  • English Word Obstructive Definition Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment.
  • English Word Obstructive Definition An obstructive person or thing.
  • English Word Obstruent Definition Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine.
  • English Word Obstruent Definition Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which acts as an obstruent.
  • English Word Obstupefaction Definition See Stupefaction.