deobstructive

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English

Etymology

From de- +‎ obstructive.

Adjective

deobstructive (comparative more deobstructive, superlative most deobstructive)

Having the effect of deobstructing (clearing a passage, etc. of obstructions).
- 1672, Edmund Borlase, Latham Spaw in Lancashire with Some Remarkable Cases and Cures Effected by It‎, London: Robert Clavel, page 27:
  In the weaker and finest bodies Manna may be sufficient, […] or my Deobstructive powder, which I have observed hath done singularly well.
- 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;
- 1916 September, William Ewart, “Deseases of the Thorax and its Viscera”, in Progressive Medicine, volume 3, page 94:
  […] to regulate the bowel, by diet and mechanical methods (including, if necessary, deobstructive surgery);

Noun

deobstructive (plural deobstructives)

Something that has the effect of deobstructing.
- 1885, Samuel M. Bemiss, “Malarial Fevers”, in William Pepper, editor, A System of Practical Medicine‎, Philadelphia: Lea Brothers, Volume 1, Chapter , p. 613:
  […] by setting up currents through the kidneys […] it has acted as a renal deobstructive.

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