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obstruction(dictionary)
Obstruction(health)
Obstruction(medicine)
colon obstruction(medicine)
hepatic obstruction(medicine)
ureteropelvic obstruction(medicine)
ureterovesical obstruction(medicine)
urethral obstruction(medicine)
Airway obstruction(health)

obstruction (oh)



[U and C] when something blocks a road, passage, tube etc, or the thing that blocks it
-synonym blockage blockage
::an operation to remove an obstruction from her throat
::Police can remove a vehicle that is causing an obstruction .
obstruction of
::an unlawful obstruction of the highway
[U] when someone or something prevents or delays a legal or political process
obstruction of
::the obstruction of vital legislation
::He was found guilty of obstruction of justice .
[U] an offence in football, hockey etc in which a player gets between an opponent and the ball