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obstructive

[ uhb-struhk-tiv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

blocking a passage or view:
The scheme aimed to improve traffic circulation by removing obstructive parking.
interrupting, hindering, or opposing the progress or course of some process:
This is an opportunity to share different viewpoints, so feel free to do so; but if disagreement becomes obstructive, we will not achieve our aims.
Pathology. characterized by a blockage, as of an airway, blood vessel, duct, or other passage in the body:
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder involving repetitive collapse of the upper airway during sleep.

First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin obstruct(us), past participle of obstruere ( obstruct ( def ) ), + -ive ( def )

Snoring is a sign of obstructive sleep apnea, when your airway collapses or becomes blocked during sleep.

Wan Tan, et al. “Marijuana and Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: A Population-Based Study.”

Inflammatory, obstructive, and membranous dysmenorrhoea are commonly made worse by marriage.

His lordship began at this time to display an obstructive disposition towards the government with which he had so long acted.

In the nose the sneezing, the discharge, the obstructive swelling suggest at once catarrhal rhinitis.

Need we more to bid the mind perceive through obstructive flesh the God who reigns, a devil vanquished?

"The flippancy of the half-educated is more obstructive to science than the obtuseness of the ignorant," said he.

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