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Interruption :: Interruption (n.) Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption..

Oppilation :: Oppilation (n.) The act of filling or crowding together; a stopping by redundant matter; obstruction, particularly in the lower intestines..

Clear :: Clear (superl.) Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt..

Tricuspid :: Tricuspid (a.) Of or pertaining to the tricuspid valves; as, tricuspid obstruction..

Prevention :: Prevention (n.) The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting..

Lame :: Lame (superl.) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle..

Stop :: Stop (n.) That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction..

Colic :: Colic (n.) A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera..

Barricade :: Barricade (n.) A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access..

Thrombosis :: Thrombosis (n.) The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance..

Taxis :: Taxis (n.) Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it..

Hydronephrosis :: Hydronephrosis (n.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages..

Tappen :: Tappen (n.) An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation..

Cowcatxjer :: Cowcatxjer (n.) A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot..

Ecphractic :: Ecphractic (a.) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent..

Stop :: Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction..

Tonic :: Tonic (a.) Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation..

Interclusion :: Interclusion (n.) Interception; a stopping / obstruction.

Purl :: Purl (n.) A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook..

Unstop :: Unstop (v. t.) To free from any obstruction; to open.

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