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noun
1.
something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
2.
an act or instance of obstructing.
3.
the state of being obstructed.
4.
the delaying or preventing of business before a deliberative body, especially a legislative group, by parliamentary contrivances.
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Word Origin & History
obstruction
1530s, from L. obstructionem (nom. obstructio) "a building up," from obstructus, pp. of obstruere "block up, build up, hinder," from ob "against" + struere "to pile, build" (see structure).
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Medical Dictionary
obstruction ob·struc·tion (əb-strŭk'shən, ŏb-)
n.
The blocking of a body passage, as by clogging or stricture.
The state of being obstructed.
Something, such as a mass or stricture, that obstructs.
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